A friend from work and I are in dialogue about this, among other evidences -or lack of- for the claims of Christianity. Archaeological findings, while fascinating, are not always conclusive. They provide evidence of existence, pieces of cultural clues. They do not tell us of the life. Dinosaurs for example, while my kids would not believe it if I told them -their books tell them differently- we are still using our imaginations to fill in the blanks. So, does all this matter to you? to your faith? or is it just fun to think if we keep going we may put the whole puzzle together? What do you think?

Has the tomb of Jesus Christ been found?

Since the 1970s, hundreds of tombs and thousands of ossuaries (limestone bone boxes) have been discovered in the Jerusalem area. These ossuaries served as coffins in first-century Jerusalem.

One of these tombs was found to contain ten ossuaries. Six of the ossuaries in this tomb have inscriptions on them. As it turns out, every inscription in this particular tomb relates to the Gospels.

Premieres Sun, March 4, at 9 p.m. ET/PT- Discovery Channel

This is one of the statements taken from an interview with James Cameron:

Now in respect with the resurrection, and Simcha can speak to this as well, neither one of us are theologians, but certainly we’ve been dealing with biblical scholars, biblical archaeologists, and so on, so we have a passing knowledge in that area. The resurrection itself is not challenged. Jesus may well have risen. And having risen, according to the scriptures, walked the earth, for an additional 40 days, appeared in corporeal form and spiritual manifestations, including a child, and including someone that his disciples didn’t recognize at first and things like that. And then ultimately ascended to heaven.Where you get stuck is the physical ascension to heaven, taking his bones and body with him to heaven, instead of leaving them behind on earth. Many Christians don’t take that literally, some do. -James Cameron

So, what about you? What do you do with this?

for full interview click here: Cameron: Jesus tomb film is a ‘detective story’

and if you really want to dig in before seeing the documentary:

Claims about Jesus’ ‘lost tomb’ stir up tempest

Ancient tomb may contain Jesus’ family

Filmmaker resurrects Jesus tomb debate