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By Sarah Cascone
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| The renovated Tomb where Jesus is thought to be buried, at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem. Photo courtesy of Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images. |
JERUSALEM---New scientific testing adds credence to the long-held belief that the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is the final resting place of Jesus Christ. But the tomb is about 700 years older than previously thought, built in the year 300, according to research from the National Technical University of Athens. This aligns with historical belief that the Romans constructed a shrine on the site around the year 325 to mark
the place of Jesus’s burial. A cave inside the church contains a tomb known as the Edicule. The testing was carried out as part of
restoration work that opened the tomb for the first time in centuries, last October. [
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| The Tomb of Jesus after it was exposed for the first time in centuries as part of conservation work on the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City. Photo courtesy Gali Tibbon/AFP/Getty Images. |
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| Orthodox Easter ceremonies at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem. Photo courtesy of Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images. |
