The sites established in the fourth century are usually more correct, In find.
Although, Ronald Wyatt did find a site that looked like a skull.
I’m going to speculate that the already complicated politics of the original site didn’t leave much room for the Protestant pilgrims so they eventually just found their own alternate site :)
Joel Kramer has a great exploration of this topic on youtube. Expedition Bible is his channel.
I spent time at both having 10 days
,0n foot in the Old City of Jerusalem.
November 1996 IIRC.
THIS article is Spot on.
Because one is real, and the other is fake. Thank you for asking.
The Garden Tomb has been investigated by archeologists. Geologic dating eliminates it as the tomb for Jesus along with the wild implausibility factor. The Church of the Holy Sepulcher has also been investigated. It’s the tomb.
Most of the venerated Christian holy sites were “discovered” by an elderly Roman woman on a single visit to Jerusalem. She went to the Holy land to discover the artifacts and key locations of Jesus’ life, and like a Joe Biden story, sunofabitch she found em all right away.
Grave? Check. Manger? Check. True cross? 300 year old nails? 300 year old burial shroud? Check, check, and check! Even found the burning bush on her journey.
Maybe Helena was divinely inspired, maybe she was just locals selling her gift shop trinkets, it’s impossible to know. It is without question that Christianity would not be what it is without her efforts though. The rest is a matter of faith.