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Emperor Constantine built a basilica over this tomb, and today the Church of the Holy Sepulcher stands there to encompass both the site of the Crucifixion and the tomb.
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. Late in life, [[Christopher Columbus]] sought to win for Christianity control of that cave back from the [[Muslim]]s.
Emperor [[Constantine]] built a [[basilica]] over this tomb, and today the Church of the Holy Sepulcher stands there to encompass both the site of the [[Crucifixion]] and the tomb.<ref>https://www.britannica.com/place/Holy-Sepulchre
</ref> Late in life, [[Christopher Columbus]] sought to win for Christianity control of that cave back from the [[Muslim]]s.
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