Posted on 10/27/2016 8:43:13 PM PDT by marshmallow
Restorers working in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Israel uncover stone slab venerated as the resting place of Jesus Christ.
Jerusalem, Israel For the first time in centuries, scientists have exposed the original surface of what is traditionally considered the tomb of Jesus Christ. Located in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem, the tomb has been covered by marble cladding since at least 1555 A.D., and most likely centuries earlier.
"The marble covering of the tomb has been pulled back, and we were surprised by the amount of fill material beneath it,” said Fredrik Hiebert, archaeologist-in-residence at the National Geographic Society, a partner in the restoration project. “It will be a long scientific analysis, but we will finally be able to see the original rock surface on which, according to tradition, the body of Christ was laid."
According to Christian tradition, the body of Jesus Christ was laid on a shelf or “burial bed” hewn from the side of a limestone cave following his crucifixion by the Romans in A.D. 30 or possibly 33. Christian belief says Christ was resurrected after death, and women who came to anoint his body three days after the burial reported that no remains were present.
This burial shelf is now enclosed by a small structure known as the Edicule (from the Latin aedicule, or "little house"), which was last reconstructed in 1808-1810 after being destroyed in a fire. The Edicule and the interior tomb are currently undergoing restoration by a team of scientists from the National Technical University of Athens, under the direction of Chief Scientific Supervisor Professor Antonia Moropoulou.
The exposure of the burial bed is giving researchers an unprecedented opportunity to study the original surface of what is considered the most sacred site in Christianity.
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Neat! Video at the link. I hope there will be further videos of what they find under the marble slab. This brings back fond memories of my pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
He is not there....He is risen.
True, but investigating the physical remains of the Gospel help us to understand that it actually happened as a historical reality, not just a pious fairy tale. St Helena had the right idea seeking out the remains of the True Cross.
hope it don’t become a fetish.
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre was outside the city walls in the thirties A.D. I recommend this scholarly book.
At the time, Golgotha was outside the city walls. You can do some research on line about this.
Disagree. The Church of the Holy Sepulcher is the true site, and was outside the city walls in the time of Christ. Full disclosure: I have an earned Ph.D. and for many years taught the historical, geographical, and archaeological background of the Bible on site in Israel.
+1!
Has Nat’l Geographic ever looked for evidence of Mohammed’s flying horse?
No. The NatGeo fiction section is reserved for Climate stories.
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Some Greek guy lent it to him.
Is Elvis’ tomb nearby?
BTTT
The archeologists say the tomb was outside the walls of Jerusalem... later the walls were extended outward.
claims to the contrary come from visitors or early poorly trained archeologists but most of the scholarly ones confirm the tomb was outside in 33 AD
.https://www.britannica.com/topic/Holy-Sepulchre
and stop ranting against Catholics since Orthodox believers agree with them on this.
Back in the 1960s, excavations by Kathleen Kenyon (and later by Ute Lux) identified the course of the second wall. The site of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher was indeed outside of the walls of Jerusalem at the time of Christ’s passion.
Are you sure? Please cite sources? Thank-you.
We have a heavenly King, rightious!!!
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