"예수 그리스도 무덤 수백년만에 공개돼" Supposed ‘Burial Slab’ Of Jesus Christ Uncovered For First Time In Centuries
Supposed ‘Burial Slab’ Of Jesus Christ Uncovered For First Time In Centuries
The slab had been encased in marble since at least 1555.
10/26/2016
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The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where a stone slab said to have held the body of Jesus Christ has been uncovered for the first time in centuries.
예수 무덤이 수백 년 만에 처음으로 공개됐다
이 무덤은 예수 그리스도가 십자가에 못 박혀 사망한 뒤 사흘 간 안치된 것으로 알려졌다. 이번 공개는 복원 프로젝트 가운데 이뤄졌으며 무덤은 1555년 대리석으로 봉인된 이후 현재까지 유지돼 왔다.
가디언에 따르면 이스라엘 예루살렘의 ‘성묘교회'에서 기독교 공동체의 허가를 받은 전문가들이 예수의 묘지를 복원하기 위해 예수의 시신이 있던 장소로 알려진 곳을 봉인한 대리석 판을 들어 올렸다.
전문가들은 도르래로 대리석 판을 들어내니 아래에 공간을 메우는 잔해가 층층이 쌓여있었다고 CBS 방송은 전했다. 방송은 이 잔해들을 치우고 나자 또 다른 대리석 판이 모습을 드러냈다고 설명했다. 두 번째 대리석 판은 회색으로 작은 십자가가 새겨져 있었으며 한가운데에는 금이 있었고 아래에는 희끄무레한 막이 있었다.
복원팀의 선임과학감독관 안토니아 모로폴루도 "가로 91㎝, 세로 152㎝ 정도의 대리 석판을 들어내는 것이 복원에서 가장 중요한 순간"이라고 말했다.
투입된 전문가들은 이번 복원 작업·분석을 통해 묘지의 원래 모습 등을 파악할 수 있을 것으로 기대한다. 복원은 그리스 아테네 국립공과대의 그리스 유물 보존팀 등이 맡고 있다. 올해 초 시작된 이번 복원 프로젝트에는 50명의 전문가가 참여했으며, 약 400만 달러(약 46억 원)가 투입된다. 복원 프로젝트는 내년 봄에 마무리될 예정이다.
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A stone slab that many Christians believe once held the body of Jesus Christ after the crucifixion has been unveiled for the first time in centuries.
National Geographic, which was filming the restoration work at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, said the marble that encased the slab since at least 1555 was removed as part of the project.
“We were surprised by the amount of fill material beneath it,” Fredrik Hiebert, archaeologist-in-residence at the National Geographic Society, told the organization’s website. “It will be a long scientific analysis, but we will finally be able to see the original rock surface on which, according to tradition, the body of Christ was laid.”
The church is one of the most revered sites in Christianity, and includes the location traditionally believed to have been the scene of the crucifixion as well as the tomb. It’s also highly controversial, as the location was not identified until centuries after the events depicted in the New Testament.
Today, the operation and maintenance of the church is a tense, “status quo” arrangement between several Christian denominations, including the Greek Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches. At times, fights have broken out between these sects. Such disagreements have allowed parts of the facility to fall into disrepair, and last year the Israeli government temporarily shut down the church over fears of a possible collapse.
Earlier this year, the factions agreed to a nine-month renovation to fix the crumbling chapel that was built over the revered site, and to make other long-overdue repairs. Removing the marble that encased the slab was part of that process, and will be featured in a National Geographic Channel “Explorer” episode in November.
“We are at the critical moment for rehabilitating the Edicule” (which encloses the tomb), Antonia Moropoulou of the the National Technical University of Athens told National Geographic. “The techniques we’re using to document this unique monument will enable the world to study our findings as if they themselves were in the tomb of Christ.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jesus-burial-bed-church-of-the-holy-sepulchre_us_58114e15e4b0990edc2f24e9
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