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JAMES OSSUARY
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The James Ossuary is a 2,000-year old limestone box used for containing the bones of the dead. The Aramaic inscription on the artifact read: Ya'akov bar-Yosef akhui diYeshua, "James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus."
It is significant because this archaeological evidence establishes that there was a historical person named Jesus whose father was Joseph and brother was James as written in the Bible and in the works of the Jewish historian Josephus. [1] [2]
The authenticity of this artifact was contested, and now the courts have made a ruling.