American scientists were able to confirm the authenticity of the alleged tomb of Jesus in Jerusalem. Uncovered laid out in the chapel Edicule is the same tomb, which was discovered in the fourth century. This is reported by the British newspaper, citing participants of archaeological research.
In October, scientists for the first time in 500 years, has revealed the burial place, which is located in the basement of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. They removed the marble slab, laid in 1555, to see how it looked tomb, which, according to legend, was laid the body of Christ. Inside the tomb, researchers found a large number of rocks and another plate on which was carved a cross. Informed about this stove science was unknown. Archaeologists have suggested that the plate was set during the Crusades in the XII century. It was then revealed that the box itself was intact.
the Church of the Holy Sepulchre throughout the centuries was several times destroyed and rebuilt. However, scientists did not know whether it was rebuilt each time at the same location or transferred to another.
One of the participants of the excavations, archaeologist Frederick hibert from the National geographic society, told reporters that found in the tomb of the second plate can be “a clear proof that the place is now visited by pilgrims, is the tomb which in the IV century found the Roman Emperor Constantine and the worship of the crusaders.” This fact hibert called “incredible.”
the Material collected in the burial, and the walls of the tombs and the stone bed was investigated using ground-penetrating radar and thermographic scanners. Processing the received data, the researchers will take months. “Often in archaeology the Eureka moment doesn’t happen directly at the place of work,” said hibert. Archaeologists hope that the information gathered will help to create a virtual reconstruction of the Shrine. Work is scheduled to be completed by spring of next year.
However, the answer to the main question scientists still have not received. Archaeologists want to know why the mother of Emperor Constantine, Elena, who led the excavations on Golgotha, decided that Jesus Christ was buried in the tomb which she found. In other words, was it intentional manipulation or error, “researcher”, because of Calvary could be other graves.
to Reveal that archaeologists hardly ever can. According to them, without bones and any artifacts it is impossible with absolute certainty to determine what exactly is in this tomb was buried Christ, and to refute this assumption. According to Frederick Hibert, “it’s a matter of faith.”
the Opening of the tomb occurred in the reconstruction of the chapel Edicule, which is located inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. It is performed for the first time since 1810. It is here that believers during the Easter Holy fire descends.
Representatives of Christian denominations were sympathetic to the autopsy as one of its main shrines, although the negotiations dragged on for a very long time: for the first time scientists have been asked to let them into the tomb in 1959. Removing the top plate was carried out in the presence of the Greek and Armenian patriarchs, as well as Catholic monks of the Franciscan order, who are jointly responsible for the chapel. In the Russian Orthodox Church suggested that the study might help to learn some new historical details.
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