Have archaeologists found the tomb of Mary's midwife?

A 2,000-year-old burial cave found in a forest in Jerusalem is believed to be the tomb of the midwife who helped with the birth of Jesus, following excavations that uncovered inscriptions citing ‘Salome, who was Mary’s midwife.’

The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced carvings in ancient Greek and Arabic that are enough to prove ‘this is the cave of holy Salome.’

Teams have also discovered ruins of shops, dating between the eighth and ninth centuries, that sold oil lamps used in prayer.

Hundreds of complete and broken lamps were found in the forecourt, ‘proving’ that the cave was a place of worship.

[This reference comes from the apocryphal Gospel of St, James. Interesting, to be sure. — Ed]