Scholar: 'Jesus Tomb' makers mistaken
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A scholar looking into the factual basis of a popular but widely criticized documentary that claims to have located the tomb of Jesus said Tuesday that a crucial piece of evidence filmmakers used to support their claim is a mistake.
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Titanic director rescripts Christianity Hollywood giant James Cameron has set himself his biggest challenge yet â rewriting the bible after discovering that Jesus sired a son before being buried outside Jerusalem.â¦
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KIBBUTZ TZUBA, Israel - Archaeologists think they've found a cave where John the Baptist baptized many of his followers - basing their theory on thousands of shards from ritual jugs, a stone used for foot cleansing and wall carvings telling the story of the biblical preacher.    Only a few artifacts linked to New Testament figures have ever been found in the Holy Land, and the cave is potentially a major discovery in biblical archaeology...
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It's a mystery even for researchers at the Smithsonian Institution:
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SILVER SPRING, Maryland  - The makers of "What Would Jesus Buy?" have a problem -- how do you sell a film documenting performance artist Rev. Billy and his Stop Shopping Gospel Choir on a guerrilla U.S. tour against consumerism?
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Forget the Da Vinci Code: Everyone (in a Japanese farming village) knows that Christ died here, at age 106. They have the "tomb" and last will and testament to prove it
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JERUSALEM -- An Israeli archeologist said the site of a dig outside a disputed holy compound in Jerusalem might contain a Muslim prayer room, and the work drew renewed condemnation yesterday.
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Greece's powerful Orthodox Church on Thursday accused the director of the movie "Titanic" of historical ignorance and of trying to damage the Christian faith for claiming he discovered the tomb of Jesus Christ.
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Some scholars are questioning a Shiite governmentÂs interest in pre-Islamic history.
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Two pieces of Christian art that predate the Holocaust raise questions about anti-Semitism.
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Archaeologists and clergymen in the Holy Land derided claims in a new documentary produced by James Cameron that contradict major Christian tenets, but the Oscar-winning director said the evidence was based on sound statistics.
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Hundreds of biblical artefacts in museums all over the world could be fakes, it has emerged after Israeli investigators uncovered what they claim is a sophisticated forgery ring.
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Archaeologists in Jerusalem have identified the remains of the Siloam Pool, where the Bible says Jesus miraculously cured a man's blindness, researchers said Thursday &#151; underlining a stirring link between the works of Jesus and ancient Jewish rituals.
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It has long been a matter of contention: Was the Aztec and Mayan practice of human sacrifice as widespread and horrifying as the history books say? Or did the Spanish conquerors overstate it to make the Indians look primitive? In recent years archaeologists have been uncovering mounting physical evidence that corroborates the Spanish accounts in substance, if not number.
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Archaeologists in Jerusalem have unearthed a paved assembly area and water channel at the site of a pool where some Christians believe Jesus gave sight to a blind man, Israel's Antiquities Authority said on Thursday.
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Who got the most mail, this week? Letters Why not kick off with the obvious big story of the week? Yes, James Cameron finds the tomb of Christ. We had upwards of a trillion responses on this one, but very few were actually written in anything approaching comprehensible English, so we've trimmed the pile, somewhat.â¦
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Authorities said Saturday that more discussions are needed before a Spanish research team can examine a tomb purportedly holding Christopher Columbus' remains, setting back efforts to determine if claims that he is buried in Spain are true.