Garden Tomb

The Garden Tomb is an ancient rock-cut tomb surrounded by a garden, right outside the walls of ancient Jerusalem, that functions as a site of Christian pilgrimage attracting hundreds of thousands of annual visitors, especially Evangelicals and other Protestants, as some Protestant Christians consider it to be the empty tomb where Jesus of Nazareth resurrected. This is in contrast to an older tradition that locates the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus at a site roughly 600 metres (0.37 mi) to the south known as Golgotha and located within the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

Its historical story is also significant: in the mid-nineteenth century, some Christian scholars proposed that Skull Hill is Golgotha, where the Romans crucified Jesus.

Architecture, collections, landscape setting or natural formations may be the main draw. Facilities and interpretation depth vary by site and season.

The destination also offers context for exploration: the Garden Tomb (Arabic: بستان قبر المسيح, romanized: Bustān Qabr al-Masīḥ, lit. 'the Garden of the Tomb of Christ'; Hebrew: גן הקבר, romanized: Gan ha-Kéver, lit. 'Garden of the Tomb') is an ancient rock-cut tomb surrounded by a garden, right outside the walls of ancient Jerusalem, that functions as a site of Christian pilgrimage attracting hundreds of thousands of annual visitors, especially Evangelicals and other Protestants, as some Protestant Christians consider it to be the empty tomb where Jesus of Nazareth resurrected.

Check opening hours, entry fees, dress expectations and photography rules before arrival. Some sites limit access during ceremonies or maintenance.