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Talpiot Tomb
Also known as Jesus Family Tomb
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1980 Jerusalem tomb whose ossuary names led to 2007 claims it was Jesus' family tomb; most archaeologists reject the claim.
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The Talpiot Tomb is a rock-cut tomb discovered in 1980 in the East Talpiot neighborhood, five kilometers south of the Old City in East Jerusalem. It contained ten ossuaries, six inscribed with epigraphs, including one interpreted as Yeshua bar Yehosef, though the inscription is partially illegible, and its translation and interpretation is widely disputed. The tomb also yielded various human remains and several carvings.
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