For Christian pilgrims, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is Jerusalem’s holiest site and is said to have been built on the site where Jesus was crucified. The site for the church was picked by Saint Helena – mother to Constantine the Great during her tour of the Holy Land.

The Temple Mount

Jerusalem has been the holiest city in Judaism and the ancestral and spiritual homeland of the Jewish people since the 10th century BCE. During classical antiquity, Jerusalem was considered the center of the world, where God resided. The city of Jerusalem is given special status in Jewish religious law.

the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

JERUSALEMResearchers have continued their investigation into the site where the body of Jesus Christ is traditionally believed to have been buried, and their preliminary findings appear to confirm that portions of the tomb are still present today, having survived centuries of damage, destruction, and reconstruction of …

Jerusalem

Talpiot Tomb It contained ten ossuaries, six inscribed with epigraphs, including one interpreted as “Yeshua bar Yehosef” (“Jeshua, son of Joseph”), though the inscription is partially illegible, and its translation and interpretation is widely disputed.

Mary Magdalene

Mary Magdalene and “the other Mary” were approaching Jesus’ tomb after the crucifixion, when an earthquake occurred and an angel appeared….

He mentions Mary being in Jerusalem not long after the crucifixion. This suggests that there was a family enclave in Jerusalem. If this is the case then it makes it quite likely that Mary was one of the people who stayed there and held them all together. Mary may have died not long after Jesus’ death and resurrection.