In 1980, a bulldozer accidentally uncovered a first-century tomb in Jerusalem. Of the ten ossuaries found inside, six bore inscriptions: Jesus son of Joseph, Maria, Mariamene (the name by which Mary Magdalene was known), Joseph, Matthew, and Judah son of Jesus. Dismissed by archaeologists as coincidence, the ossuaries were warehoused and forgotten.
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