Archeology may hold the key to understanding the Shroud of Turin and the true locations connected to the Passion, burial, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. In this episode of The Backstory on the Shroud of Turin, Guy Powell interviews researcher and lecturer Massimo Paris, who has spent more than 30 years studying the historical landscape of ancient Jerusalem.
Massimo explains how excavations led by Father Virgilio Corbo uncovered a large stone quarry dating from the seventh century BC to the first century BC. This quarry sits beneath today’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Its eastern edge contains the rocky outcrop identified as Calvary, while its western edge holds a first-century tomb exactly where the Gospels place the burial of Jesus Christ.
He also discusses the three main tomb types of the period: shaft tombs, loculi, and arcosolia. Only an arcosolium tomb, with its carved niche and stone bench, matches the Gospel descriptions and the eyewitness account of two angels seen by Mary Magdalene. Massimo’s detailed walk-through of garden evidence, quarry remains, burial chambers, and city-wall placement creates a historically coherent picture that supports the narrative in The Only Witness and deepens our understanding of the Resurrection.
This interview blends history, theology, and archaeology to bring the world of the first century to life and to illuminate what the Shroud of Turin may truly represent.
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