The area is called Talpiot Tomb and it was first found in 1980. But now Aryeh has done some tests, which he says prove Jesus of Nazareth, his wife Mary Magdalene and SON Judah were laid to rest there. There are nine burial boxes in the tomb, and they all have names with links to the New Testament of the Bible on them. It all caused people to suggest it was where Jesus’s body was buried, and was proof he’d married and had a child.
This was highly controversial, given Christians believe Jesus was resurrected. All of this was included in the 2007 movie The Lost Tomb of Jesus, but unsurprisingly it didn’t go down well with everyone. Some people rubbished the claims, saying all the names etched on the boxes were so common at the time there’s no way of drawing any conclusions. READ MORE
