Suzanne M. Olsson

Suzanne M. Olsson is an American researcher and author whose work focuses on the possibility that Jesus spent time in India and on theories that the Roza Bal tomb is in fact his final resting place.

In India and Kashmir
According to local reports, Olsson arrived in Srinagar, Kashmir in 2002, "claiming to be Christ's 59th descendant". Soon after she attempted to gain access to the Roza Bal tomb, "seeking DNA testing of the shrine's remains" in an effort to prove her claim of descent and seeking to move the remains of the entombed persons to another location. Olsson wrote to the shrine's caretakers:

My family has its origins in France, where Jesus and his wife Mary Magdalene lived for 30 years after the crucifixion. There they had two sons and one daughter. We're descendants of the son. And if you wish to know more, I refer you to a book called Bloodline of the Holy Grail by Sir Lawrence Gardner. [...] We feel any claims you make about the sanctity of the grave are invalid [...] we would prefer to move our grandfather.

Olsson tried to obtain DNA from other graves including a grave in Murree, Pakistan, thought by some to be the grave of Mary, mother of Jesus.

With regard to Roza Bal, in particular, Olsson has claimed that:

The tomb's history was recorded from 112 AD, much earlier than the advent of Islam and around the same time Jesus Christ lived. [...] At Roza Bal tomb the sarcophagus is laid in an east-west direction, in line with Jewish traditions, rather than the Muslim tradition of north-south.

She has also stated that she believes the tomb of Solomon and Haroun are in Srinigar as well, along with Moses being buried in Bandipore.

Other media
Olsson has collaborated with several independent film producers, most recently with Paul Davids in the making of his 2008 film Jesus in India in which she provides expert commentary on the tomb of Roza Bal, cultural terrorism and theories about Jesus' life in India.

Books
In Last Starchild on the Old Silk Road, Dr. Ahmad Dani of Pakistan and Dr. Fida Hassnain of Kashmir shared her research interests and Hassnain, in particular, had previous published material on the theory that Jesus had lived, died and was buried in India. Olsson later collaborated with Hassnain to co-author Roza Bal The Tomb of Jesus.

Publications

 * Last Starchild on the Old Silk Road, Authorhouse, 2002 ISBN 9781418479862 (out of print)
 * Jesus in Kashmir The Lost Tomb, BookSurge, 2004 & revised edition 2008 ISBN 1419697587
 * Roza Bal The Tomb of Jesus, Booksurge, 2008, co-authored with Fida Hassnain, ISBN 819006303077