The Church of the Holy Sepulchre marks the traditional site of both Golgotha (Calvary ... the site later became a cemetery with rock-cut tombs — a common burial practice in ancient Israel.

A restorer removes debris beneath a broken marble slab to expose the original rock surface of what ... the tomb recently uncovered in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is the burial site of an ...

According to Christian tradition, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre stands on the spot where Jesus was crucified (known as Calvary ... several tombs hewn in the rock, as in other Jerusalem areas.

The altar of the crucifixion in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem was ... located in the Chapel of the Crucifixion on the rock of Golgotha where, according to tradition, the wooden ...

Italian archaeologists working on the excavation and conservation of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem announced this week that they had discovered rock layers from the quarry used to ...

In the year 326, the Roman Emperor Constantine began construction of a church in Jerusalem on top the remains of his predecessor Hadrian’s temple dedicated to the pagan god Jupiter. Constantine’s ...

Archaeologists excavating the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the ancient church in ... Archivio Università di Roma Sapienza Calvary, the site where the church stands, had multiple uses in ancient ...

The researchers said the rock layers of the stone quarry used ... This second phase of restoration work at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is being conducted under the direction of the Franciscan ...