Greek preservation experts place back the marble slab stone that covered the tomb of jesus where his body is believed to have been laid after it was removed for three days to allow the team to.
Marble tomb of jesus.
26 as part of a major.
Lifting the tomb s marble lid for the first time in 500 years researchers discovered the limestone shelf where jesus s body was thought to have been placed the mirror reported.
During this work the archaeologists opened the tomb of jesus for the first time in centuries it has been sealed with marble slabs since at least a d.
The tomb is a limestone shelf or burial bed hewn from the wall of a cave national geographic reports covered by marble cladding since at least 1555 a d it was exposed oct.
1 the vast majority of modern scholars critical or otherwise also agree.
1555 to prevent damage from visitors.
Members of the conservation team lift a stone to clean and digitally scan before reinstalling it on the façade of the edicule the shrine that houses what is believed to be the tomb of jesus.
2 there are three tombs in jerusalem people point to as the place jesus of nazareth was originally laid to rest in.
The tomb in which they buried jesus of nazareth was empty that first easter morning.
On this point the ancient eyewitnesses agree.