{"id":2653665,"date":"2026-09-02T15:47:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T19:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/archaeologists-make-new-discoveries-at-traditional-site-of-jesus-tomb-it-all-lines-up-with-the-bible\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T15:51:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T19:51:22","slug":"archaeologists-make-new-discoveries-at-traditional-site-of-jesus-tomb-it-all-lines-up-with-the-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/archaeologists-make-new-discoveries-at-traditional-site-of-jesus-tomb-it-all-lines-up-with-the-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"Archaeologists Make New Discoveries at Traditional Site of Jesus&#8217; Tomb &#8211; It All Lines Up with the Bible"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Farchaeologists-make-new-discoveries-at-traditional-site-of-jesus-tomb-it-all-lines-up-with-the-bible%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2653665&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Archaeological research in Jerusalem suggests that a site traditionally believed to be Jesus\u2019 burial tomb aligns with biblical descriptions. Led by archaeologist Francesca Romana Stasolla, findings point to a \u201cfunerary landscape\u201d consistent with the biblical account of Jesus\u2019 burial, crucifixion, and resurrection. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, built over the site by Constantine in the 4th century, is supported by excavations revealing a garden and tomb matching biblical details, including the presence of cultivated fields, olive and grapevine pollen, and a nearby quarry dating back to the Iron Age. Historical and geological evidence, including an earthquake around Jesus&#8217; time and biblical passages, further bolster the connection. These <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >discoveries reinforce longstanding religious traditions<\/a> and suggest the site\u2019s authenticity as Jesus\u2019 crucifixion and burial location.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Archeologists have concluded that a site in Jerusalem, traditionally believed to be the location of Jesus\u2019 burial tomb, meets all of the descriptors given in the Bible.<\/p>\n<p>Lead archaeologist Francesca Romana Stasolla of the \u201cLa Sapienza\u201d University of Rome told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/sciencetech\/article-16076153\/jesus-burial-site-jerusalem-excavation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>, \u201cWe have found evidence of a funerary landscape.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-house-mask-mandate-could-remain-until-all-lawmakers-get-inoculated\/\" title=\"Pelosi: House Mask Mandate Could Remain Until All Lawmakers Get Inoculated\">news outlet reported<\/a>,\u00a0\u201cFor nearly 1,700 years, Christians have believed that [the] tomb lies within Jerusalem\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/amb-huckabee-chides-israelis-latin-cardinal-turned-away-church-holy-sepulcher-palm-sunday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Church of the Holy Sepulchre<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first church was built over the site by Roman Emperor Constantine in the fourth century, and generations of pilgrims have since traveled there to pray where Christ is believed to have been crucified, buried and resurrected,\u201d the Daily Mail said.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers have recently completed excavations in the church compound, concluding what they\u2019ve found is consistent with the biblical account.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John%2019%3A38-&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John 19:41-42<\/a> reads: \u201cNow in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid. So because of the Jewish day of Preparation, since the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">For decades the Garden Tomb attracted tourists as the site of Jesus\u2019 crucifixion and burial. But the tombs there don\u2019t date to the 1st century AD. The traditional site, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, matches all the biblical details, and this excavation is in the \u201cright spot.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uZXBCBlDIY\">https:\/\/t.co\/uZXBCBlDIY<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/shCO9m2BvE\">pic.twitter.com\/shCO9m2BvE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dinesh D\u2019Souza (@DineshDSouza) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DineshDSouza\/status\/2093295779108601915?\">August 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Further, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Hebrews%2013%3A12&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hebrews 13:12<\/a> tells us that Jesus was crucified outside the city gates of Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p>The Church of the Holy Sepulchre meets all of these criteria, containing both the traditional site of Jesus\u2019 crucifixion and a garden tomb close at hand, as researchers detailed in a new 98-page preliminary report published in Liber Annuus, the archaeological journal of Jerusalem\u2019s Studium Biblicum Franciscanum.<\/p>\n<p>Stasolla told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/echoing-gospel-account-traces-of-ancient-garden-found-under-church-of-holy-sepulchre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Times of Israel<\/a>, \u201cThe gospel mentions a green area between the Calvary and the tomb, and we identified these cultivated fields,\u201d noting the discovery of pollen from olive trees and grapevines at the excavation location.<\/p>\n<p>The archeologist further revealed, \u201cThe church stands on a quarry, which does not surprise us because a vast part of the Old City of Jerusalem stands on a quarry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe quarry was already active in the Iron Age. During the excavation, we found pottery, lamps, and other everyday objects dating back to that period.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The traditional tomb of Jesus lies inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, a site honored by Christians as the place of both his crucifixion and burial.<\/p>\n<p>Although not conclusively proven, archaeological findings and centuries of Christian tradition point to this\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vD6FyAugX7\">pic.twitter.com\/vD6FyAugX7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fascinating (@fasc1nate) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/fasc1nate\/status\/2093522786761281900?\">August 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to imagine that as the quarry was progressively abandoned, tombs were carved at different levels,\u201d Stasolla said. \u201cThe area, therefore, featured several burials from that period. Constantine selected the one that had been venerated as the tomb where Jesus was buried, and he excavated around it in the area that corresponds to the current rotunda, isolating it from the other burials.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Times of Israel reported, \u201cSeveral other tombs are known as part of the Holy Sepulchre compound, including one that Christian tradition attributes to Joseph of Arimathea, who is said to have gifted Jesus his empty burial plot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, a geological study published over a decade ago, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/earth-shook-geologists-say-confirmed-earthquake-around-time-jesus-death-quoted-scripture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">concluded<\/a> that an earthquake occurred in ancient Israel around the time of Jesus\u2019 crucifixion, resurfaced in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-christian-eriksen-the-danish-soccer-player-who-collapsed-mid-game-recently-receive-his-covid-19-vaccine\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Did Christian Eriksen, The Danish Soccer Player Who Collapsed Mid-Game, Recently Receive His COVID-19 Vaccine?\">viral social media post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The study\u2019s finding, published in International Geology Review in 2012, is consistent with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/1704-sir-isaac-newton-mathematically-predicted-return-jesus-year-identified-fast-approaching\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">biblical account<\/a>, which said an earthquake occurred immediately after Jesus\u2019 death.<\/p>\n<p>The apostle Matthew <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew%2027%3A45-55&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> in chapter 27 of his Gospel that darkness covered the land starting at midday, as Jesus hung on the cross, and that this phenomenon lasted for the next three hours.<\/p>\n<p>Then, around 3:00 p.m., \u201cJesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, \u2018Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?\u2019 that is, \u2018My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Soon thereafter, Jesus \u201ccried out again with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd behold, the curtain of the temple [in Jerusalem] was torn in two, from top to bottom. And the earth shook, and the rocks were split. The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised, and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many,\u201d Matthew wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the centurion and those who were with him, keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe and said, \u2018Truly this was the Son of God!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">SCIENCE (ONCE AGAIN) CONFIRMS THE BIBLE\u2122\ufe0f AS A TRUE ACCOUNT\ud83c\uddfb\ud83c\udde6<\/p>\n<p>The Bible says there was a great earthquake when Jesus died on the cross (Matthew 27:50\u201154). Now, scientists have found real evidence that this happened.<\/p>\n<p>A group of geologists studied the ground near the Dead Sea and\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i941plPplx\">pic.twitter.com\/i941plPplx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2629 \ud835\udd41\ud835\udd44\ud835\udd4b \u2629 (@SecretFire79) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SecretFire79\/status\/2026767166700400729?\">February 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Many historians point to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nasa-may-just-pinpointed-exact-day-jesus-died-april-3-33-ad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Friday, April 3, A.D. 33<\/a>, as the likely date of Jesus\u2019 execution.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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