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'''The Holy Sepulcher''' is the tomb outside the city walls of [[Jerusalem]] where [[Jesus]] was placed between His burial and [[Resurrection]]. It was a new tomb cut out of rock, owned by [[Joseph of Arimathaea]], who had asked [[Pontius Pilate]] for Jesus's body.
'''The Holy Sepulcher''' is the tomb outside the city walls of [[Jerusalem]] where [[Jesus]] was placed between His burial and [[Resurrection]]. It was a new tomb cut out of rock, owned by [[Joseph of Arimathaea]], who had asked [[Pontius Pilate]] for Jesus's body.
Emperor [[Constantine]] built a [[basilica]] over this tomb, and today the Church of the Holy Sepulcher stands there.
Emperor [[Constantine]] built a [[basilica]] over this tomb, and today the Church of the Holy Sepulcher stands there. Late in life, [[Christopher Columbus]] sought to win for Christianity control of that cave back from the [[Muslim]]s.
[[category:Christianity]]
[[category:Christianity]]