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Biblical Archaeology – Has Jesusโ Tomb Been Identified?
Twenty years have passed since I entered the Garden Tomb in Jerusalem. Itโs a remarkable place and I recommend all to visit it, if in Jerusalem. Only the Garden Tomb provides believers with the experience and vistas, familiar to the disciples. But is it the actual place of Christโs resurrection? Extensive research found the tomb dates to several centuries before Jesusโ life, along with other Iron Age tombs in the area. Sadly, this excludes the Garden Tomb as Jesusโ tomb, because the Bible says they placed Jesusโ body inside a newly cut tomb (Matthew 27:60). Also, the cistern in the garden bears the marks of crusader technology, nullifying hope of…