Garden Tomb

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The Garden Tomb is a rock-cut tomb in Jerusalem that many Protestants venerate as an alternative possible site of Jesus Christ’s burial and resurrection.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Garden Tomb canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian pilgrimage site ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
rock-cut tomb ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Gordon’s Calvary ⓘ
associatedWith Jesus Christ ⓘ
consideredBySomeAs possible site of Jesus’ burial ⓘ
possible site of Jesus’ resurrection ⓘ
contrastedWith Church of the Holy Sepulchre ⓘ
country Israel ⓘ
dating 7th century BCE (approximate) ⓘ
Iron Age II ⓘ
discoveredBy Conrad Schick ⓘ
discoveredIn 1867 ⓘ
emphasizes non-denominational Christian use ⓘ
quiet reflection ⓘ
hasChapel open-air worship areas ⓘ
hasFeature channel for rolling stone ⓘ
cistern ⓘ
garden area ⓘ
rock-hewn burial chamber ⓘ
weeping chamber ⓘ
winepress ⓘ
hasInterpretiveFocusOn resurrection of Jesus ⓘ
locatedIn East Jerusalem ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Damascus Gate ⓘ
locatedOutside Old City walls of Jerusalem ⓘ
location Jerusalem ⓘ
near Skull-shaped hill (Golgotha-like escarpment) ⓘ
notFromPeriod 1st century CE ⓘ
openTo public ⓘ
ownedBy The Garden Tomb (Jerusalem) Association ⓘ
ownershipBasedIn United Kingdom ⓘ
popularizedBy Charles Gordon ⓘ
primaryPilgrimageAlternativeTo Church of the Holy Sepulchre ⓘ
recognizedByMostScholarsAs unlikely site of Jesus’ burial ⓘ
region Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region
religion Christianity ⓘ
signageStates “He is not here, for He is risen” ⓘ
usedFor Bible teaching ⓘ
Christian worship ⓘ
prayer ⓘ
veneratedBy Anglican Christians ⓘ
Evangelical Christians ⓘ
Protestants ⓘ
visitedBy international pilgrims ⓘ
tour groups ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Herod's Gate → near → Garden Tomb ⓘ