I shit you not.

Most awesome man ever?

.......

I remember that story a few years back. Cameron should at least be more recent with his works for a change.

Cameron, of all people, finding the true body of Jesus Christ is about as believable as Jesus rising into heaven, and neither really can ever be proven.

And I thought Cameron was Jesus Christ. After all, they share the same initials.

It would be cool if the evidence were really strong, but it's probably a fake, just like the Shroud of Turin.

He claims to have found Jesus's whole family. Although how you would prove this is anyone's guess.

Well its been years since i read the story but i believe they can compare it to records from the era (some of which still do exist amazingly) and narrow down the combinations of the tombs found together to make a fairly accurate stab at it. It was something like a 1 in 5 chance of it being his tomb.

They should get that tomb expert involved, what's her name, Laura Croft. She'd know.

Here's another article on it:

Jerusalem- The makers of a new documentary, to be aired for
the first time at a news conference in New York Monday, claim that a
tomb found in a Jerusalem cave 36 years ago belongs to none other
than Jesus Christ.

The claim presented in the documentary is based on years of
research by world-renowned archaeologists, statisticians, experts in
ancient scripts and in DNA, the Israeli Yediot Ahronot daily Friday
quoted the makers as saying in an exclusive interview.

The documentary, titled "The Burial Cave of Jesus," is a joint
production by Israeli-born Canadian documentary maker Simcha
Jacobovici and three-time-Oscar-winning Canadian film director James
Cameron (Titanic, The Terminator).

The 2000-year-old cave had already been discovered in 1980 in
Jerusalem's Talpiyot neighbourhood. In it were 10 coffins, six of
which bore inscriptions, which - translated into English - included
the names "Jesus son of Joseph," twice "Maria," and "Judah son of
Jesus."

The second Maria is hypothesized to be Maria Magdalene, while the
tomb bearing the name Judah could indicate Jesus had a son.

If true, the find could be one of the most significant in the
history of archeology and shake the Christian world.

But the senior Israeli archaeologist who thoroughly researched the
tombs after their discovery, and at the time deciphered the
inscriptions, cast serious doubt on it.

"It's a beautiful story but without any proof whatsoever,"
Professor Amos Kloner, who had published the findings of his research
in the Israeli periodical Atigot in 1996, told Deutsche
Presse-Agentur dpa Friday.

"The names that are found on the tombs are names that are similar
to the names of the family of Jesus," he conceded.

"But those were the most common names found among Jews in the
first centuries BCE and CE," he added.

Kloner dismissed the combination of names found in the cave as a
"coincidence."

The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), which is keeping the
caskets in its archive in the town of Beit Shemesh near Jerusalem,
declined to comment on the documentary, saying it had not researched
the caskets and that its duty was only to safeguard them.

The IAA nevertheless sent two of the caskets to the news
conference in New York.

The documentary, which took three years to make, is to be
broadcast on the World Discovery Channel, Britain's Channel 4,
Canada's Vision and Israel's Channel 8, which participated in its
production.

Is this guy just insane? First off forget if it's true or not (it's not true) but how about the fact like this guy from the Chud forums says...

Interesting. I wonder if the studio will back down to religious pressure.

Britney Spears one week and James Cameron the next. He should have concentrated on making more movies in the last few weeks not this nonsense. What an idiot. Good thing Avatar isnt coming out for another 2 years.

Really? You know it's nonsense without even seeing it?

The budget is $195M.

Ah, ok then.

Did anyone watch the special on it last night?!

I did.

It was fantastic.

Damn I missed it. Will they re-air it?

Is it on Discovery HD?

Just finished watching it and TIVOing past all the commercials. Very good! Quite interesting.

Haven't seen the special (I'll search for the next showing on Moxi and record it; didn't know it was on yesterday). I'm skeptical for many reasons, being a Christian man, but my primary concern is that most of the names found in the tomb were pretty common to the timeperiod. It would be very hard to prove that it is the Jesus and pals recorded in the biblical texts. Still, an intriguing find. Can;t wait to watch the special.

I think James Cameron is one of my favorite humans ever.

I'll try to find the doc and watch it if I can.

I missed a lot of it, but I was able to watch all of the after show, with other people weighing in.

The documenter... seems like he is very well educated. But the African American woman on the panel that discussed it was VERY feminist... I laughed

True, but finding them all together in one tomb would be a pretty rare occurence. The documentary never claims it to be Jesus' family tomb, they are just strongly leaning towards it. The evidence that was presented is pretty solid IMHO, but of course it is impossible to say with certainty. I found the special very interesting...