Remember that ossuary box last year? The one that once possibly held the bones of James, “brother of Jesus”? In June, reports indicated that its inscription was a forgery–and much of the archaeological establishment cheered because the box had surfaced on the antiquities market rather than in an excavation, which is to say outside the purview of the academy. Well, the fight is far from over, as this report indicates. We’re probably headed for Shroud of Turin territory–you’ll be able to believe whatever you want to believe, and have scientific reasons for doing so. I don’t have a personal opinion on the authenticity of the box or the inscription, though I wish archaeologists would quit feeling like they have to trash anything that comes to light by some means other than a member of their profession digging it out of the ground.