Crusaders’ altar discovered at site of Jesus’s crucifixion and burial

Experts believe the medieval slab found at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre dates back to the 1100s

13 April 2022 - 20:35 By Rinat Harash

Pressed against a wall in a back corridor of Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a stone slab bore testimony only to the graffiti etched on it by multitudes of pilgrims through the ages...

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