and he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, and departed. Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the sepulchre. Lord Jesus Christ, in your burial you have taken on ...
a shrine that Christian tradition says was built over the burial place of Jesus Christ. The shrine attracted global attention in 2016 when restorers uncovered remnants of an ancient tomb behind ...
The burial custom in Jesus’ day was for a body to be anointed with spices and wrapped in a cloth. It would then be placed in a tomb or cave and the entrance would be sealed.