Mortar Changed Everything
Furthermore, the dating of the mortar has totally altered our understanding of the monument’s age. Previous research in the region had only indicated that the tomb and its environs were built in or about 1400.
Mortar Changed Everything
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How Sure Are We
But how confident can we be that this is really Jesus Christ’s final resting place? We do know that a converted Emperor Constantine sent men to Jerusalem in 325 A.D. to look for Jesus’ tomb. And, according to reports, the ruler was told that the grave was beneath the pagan temple mentioned earlier – one that Emperor Hadrian had constructed 200 years before.
How Sure Are We