The Garden Tomb

The alternative (and the usually Protestant-preferred) site for the crucifixion and burial of Jesus. It is very impressive.

Entrance to the Garden Tomb/Gordon Tomb site. The area is lovely and alive with plants. The garden is modern, however ... ... not ancient. When it was discovered this was a trash pit. The proposed site of Golgotha, complete with part of the "skull" visible. The empty tomb. What the door stone would have looked like. The strength of this site is that it still looks pretty much as the actual ... ... site would have looked in Biblical times. It hasn't been traditionally ... ... accepted as the site and, hence, worked over to re-create it into a shrine. Inside, this is where Jesus would have lain. Weldon, Carol, and Rev. Neal photographed outside the tomb. A 1st Century olive press found on site.