A portion of the Rock of Calvary in the Basilica of the Holy ... The edicule of the Holy Sepulchre, which encloses the venerated tomb, stands at the heart of this history. The edicule of the ...

View of the main entrance to the Church of the Holy ... a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. There they laid Jesus." "The Gospel mentions a green area between the Calvary and the ...

A long-awaited excavation by Italian archaeologists has finally taken place beneath the floors of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in ... at the crucifixion site of Calvary (also called Golgotha ...

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre marks the traditional site of both Golgotha (Calvary) and Jesus’ tomb ... the site later became a cemetery with rock-cut tombs — a common burial practice ...

Believed to stand directly above Jesus Christ's tomb, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is considered one of the world's holiest Christian sites. Emperor Constantine originally built the church in ...