Marble Slab Removed
However, there was a surprise in store when the marble slab was removed from the crypt. The researchers had hoped to find the burial bed or the place where Christ’s body may have rested until he was resurrected. Although this feature would have appeared as a shelf-like structure cut from the limestone rock, onlookers instead discovered rubble.
Marble Slab Removed
Everyone Was Surprised
In 2016, archaeologist Fredrik Hiebert told National Geographic, “The marble covering of the tomb has been pulled back, and we were shocked by the amount of fill material underneath it.” “It will take a long experimental study, but we will eventually be able to see the original rock surface on which the body of Christ was deposited, according to tradition.”
Everyone Was Surprised