Biblical Archaeology: "Jonah" Ossuary Generating Controversy

Lots and lots of controversy.  What else is new, from a discovery coming out of an area of the world where controversy seems to be in the very rocks of the earth?  You can pick and choose your own reading - it's all absolutely entertaining!

The latest ‘turn’ in the ‘Jonah ossuary’ claim:

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-04/uonc-hia041812.php
http://phys.org/news/2012-04-hebrew-inscription-jonah-christian-ancient.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47117296/ns/technology_and_science-science/
http://www.livescience.com/19806-hebrew-inscription-jonah-ossuary.html

… and the reaction:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47124510/ns/technology_and_science-science/
http://www.livescience.com/19830-christian-ossuary-random-squiggles.html

What I want to know is - when are they just going to dig the thing out and REALLY examine it?  That would not stop the controversy, of course, I mean, we are talking about biblical archaeologists!