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The Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem: Imperial Archaeology
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In the fourth century AD, the first Christian Emperor, Constantine, gave his consent for excavation beneath the Temple of Aphrodite in Jerusalem. They were looking for the Tomb of Christ - but what did they find?
The Reverend Professor Richard Chartres outlines the early history of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, in light of recent archaeological evidence and the Gresham Jerusalem photogrammetic survey.
The second part of this lecture can be accessed here.
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This event was on Wed, 06 Dec 1989
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