From Popular Mechanics:
The early results from a long-awaited excavation of the quarry beneath the Church of the Holy Sepulchre are nothing short of extraordinary.
- A long-awaited excavation by Italian archaeologists has finally taken place beneath the floors of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
- The church is believed to have been built in part upon the site of Jesus’s tomb, which the Gospel of John describes as having been “a garden.”
- Their dig uncovered evidence of 2,000 year-old olive trees and grapevines, suggesting the site had indeed once been used for agriculture.