In the spring of 1996 it was announced that an ossuary was found at the antiquities department of Jerusalem which would support that the “Holy� family actually had existed.

The family ossuary, dating from the time of “Christ� had been the family grave of Jesus. In this tomb, alongside the ossuary which had contained the bones of "Jesus son of Joseph" were two Mary's, Joseph, Matthew, Judah, son of Jesus as well as another Joseph.

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