‘True tomb’ of Jesus Christ discovered after 2,000 years — matches Biblical account

Italian archaeologists have discovered an ancient site beneath Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre that they say matches Biblical descriptions of Jesus Christ’s burial ground, according to a report by the New York Post, citing a preliminary study published in the archaeological journal Liber Annuus.

Lead archaeologist Francesca Romana Stasolla of Rome’s “La Sapienza” University said the team found “evidence of a funerary landscape” during excavations that began three years ago at the fourth-century church, a site believed by many Christians to mark where Jesus was crucified, buried and resurrected.

The excavation uncovered an abandoned quarry, cultivated plots, rock-cut tombs and an ancient garden, features researchers say correspond with the Book of John’s description of a garden containing “a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid” near the crucifixion site. The quarry’s location outside the city gate also aligns with references in Hebrews 13:12, while sections filled with soil suggest agricultural use, supported by olive tree and grapevine remains dating to around 33 A.D., the approximate time of Jesus’s death.

Researchers noted the tombs were carved directly into rock, consistent with Gospel accounts by Matthew, Mark and Luke. A Roman structure built during Emperor Hadrian’s reign had obstructed one chamber before Constantine’s workers uncovered it roughly 200 years later, establishing it as a Christian shrine.

Stasolla said the findings do not definitively confirm the site as Jesus’s burial place but reflect centuries of preserved worship. No individual has ever been found within the tomb itself, the study noted.