“ If you cannot say where an artifact was found and where it has been for nearly 2,000 years, you cannot pretend to draw the lines of connection between the object and the people it might mention, ” says Professor Bruce Chilton of Bard College, New York.
यह देखते हुए कि पुरातत्वविज्ञानियों को वह अस्थि - पेटी खुदाई करते वक्‍त नहीं मिली, आन्द्रे लमॆर ने उसकी सच्चाई को परखने के लिए उसे जियोलॉजिकल सर्वे ऑफ इस्राएल के पास भेजा ।