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JERUSALEM: An inscription purporting to link an ancient burial box to Jesus' brother, James, is a modern day forgery with no link to New Testament figures, Israel's Antiquities Authority said on Wednesday. The ossuary, used to bury human bones in ancient times, had been hailed by some in the archaeology world as an extraordinary discovery that might have held the bones of James, the brother of Jesus of Nazareth. Others said the inscription, which read ``James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus'' might be faked, or the box might have held the bones of a James, unrelated to Jesus Christ. In the New Testament, Matthew 13:55 refers to James as Jesus' brother. He later became head of the church in Jerusalem, according to the New Testament. Israeli officials described the inscription and another purported archaeological marvel, the ``Yoash inscription,'' as `forgeries'.

AP

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