ossuary

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A place where the bones of the dead are deposited; a charnel house.

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Cuauhtemoc's bones sidebar The modern-day town of Ixcateopan in the state of Guerrero is home to an ossuary purportedly containing Cuauhtémoc's remains. Source: Internet

Also, since the bones of more than one individual are often found in a single ossuary no one can label any results as belonging to the “Yeshua” or the “Mariamene” inscribed on the ossuary. Source: Internet

And I would even say, even some of the common ossuary motifs that might be ordered at the "shop," had their origins at least in some desire to express ideas. Source: Internet

Are we to believe that at some point the tomb was breached, the James ossuary was removed, kept out in the open for several hundred years and then returned to Talpiot which was then re-sealed only to be re-opened in 1980? Source: Internet

Paleopathological analysis demonstrated that leprosy and tuberculosis were present at Harappa, with the highest prevalence of both disease and trauma present in the skeletons from Area G (an ossuary located south-east of the city walls). Source: Internet

As far as the name "Maria", anyone with a knowledge of the Hebrew alphabet, even that of the first century, knows that the name on that ossuary is "Siriach"- only one letter matching "Maria". Source: Internet

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