Jesus and his family were poor. Nazareth in those days was little more than a collection of huts and caves. They would not be able to afford an expensive and elaborate tomb.
	Jesus would not have been buried in Jerusalem but at his home in Galilee.
	Since the tomb was in or near a Christian necropolis (cemetery), its location would be known to the local Christians, who would be devoted to it. The information would be leaked to authorities, Jewish and Roman, who would surely have sacked the tomb and used the body as a refutation of the Resurrection.
	Despite Dan Brown and Nikos Kazansakis, there is no proof Jesus and Mary Magdalene were married. None. Zip. Nada. That there was strong affection between them is illustrated in the embrace in the garden outside the tomb in John's Gospel. It does not follow that they jumped into bed together -- then or ever. The 4th century gospel of Philip (who was NOT Mary of Magdala's brother or cousin) is very late witness and suspect because of its Gnostic content.

''The Lost Tomb'' is pure fantasy.

  Many cognitive psychologists and evolutionary biologists are reductionists. There is nothing but matter. Brain architecture and brain chemicals are sufficient to explain all phenomena. There is no soul, no spirit, no consciousness. Such a scholar could measure the activity and perhaps the chemicals in the brain of an artist painting a beautiful picture. But his elaborate tools would not enable him to account for the subject of the painting, its quality, or its impact on those who would view it. Same for the cave paintings in southern France. The same scholars could name the brain activities that occur when I'm writing a story. But they do not account for the plot, the characters or the illumination I'm trying to create. These matters, surely rooted in the brain, are nonetheless activities of spirit.

  Evolutionary biologists are brilliant. By comparing us with our ancestors, they are able to estimate when in the evolutionary process various human traits emerged. This is ingenious but speculative work; it requires imagination, storytelling, and a touch of fantasy: all exercises of spirit. (Why the intense and constant sexual desires among humans, which do not occur in most other primates?)

  Both products of that Sunday's assault on religion were necessarily fantasy. Both required ingenuity and dedication. Both ought to have been debated, not only by other scholars, but also philosophers and scientists who are not reductionists.

  There is no reason to question the intentions of those involved. However, since religion seems to be destined by evolution to continue anyway, such attacks will also likely continue.