Scientists investigating the place of the alleged burial of Christ in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem were faced with an unexpected circumstance: unexplained electromagnetic interference disabled some of the measuring instruments, Spanish media reported.
In addition, according to the testimony of researchers, a fragrance emanates from the tomb.
As reported, in October, scientists for the first time in history removed a white marble slab from the stone burial bed of Christ in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, laid in 1555. Experts hope that they will be able to open the veil of secrecy over how the mother of the Emperor Constantine, Saint Helena, learned that this particular cave is the Holy Sepulcher.
The Holy Sepulcher is a typical Jewish tomb of the Second Temple period, carved into a natural rock. The body of Christ was laid on a stone burial bed. The current building, like the previous cave, destroyed in 1009, is called the Holy Sepulcher.
Above the burial place of Jesus in 1810, after a devastating fire, a chapel (kuvukliya) was built, which has not been restored since 1810. In the spring of 2016, for the first time in 200 years, a large-scale restoration of the cuvuklia began.