For lay people, this would seem like the mother lode of all archeological discoveries. A finding that would have made the discovery of The Holy Grail pale in comparison. Although the names, on the surface, appeared to be linked to the Biblical Jesus of Nazareth, the anthropologists were not impressed. They had seen these name clusters in other excavations. These were common names at that time. The experts also argued that the family of Jesus, who hailed from Nazareth, would never have journeyed to Jerusalem to have their family plot. They would have done so in Nazareth. Paying homage to the dead is important for the Jews. Jerusalem is a long way from Nazareth. Public transport was virtually non existent and Jerusalem was considered “too Roman” for the Jews anyway. The Jews of those times were fiercely territorial. Jesus was often referred to as ‘The Nazarene.” They would have interred the bones of their loved ones in Nazareth, not Jerusalem that is what the experts say. So after the usual cataloging, as per Jewish religious custom the authorities buried all the bones in a common cemetery designated for archeological remains. The empty ossuaries were then stored in a warehouse.