>them trying to fit their findings to supposed eyewitness accounts rather than trying to build an account from their findings That's the exact vibe I get when I read any of these "scholarly" research papers. When you have the conclusions prepared before the work begins, it's advocacy not science. Edit: Thanks for the article. Same guesswork as the rest. >Halacha Law forbids the disturbance of (Jewish) human remains Of course it does.