In 1149, the European Crusaders, recognizing the church’s significance, re-consecrated it after conquering the Holy City and installed a new high altar. The back of the altar.

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Pressed against a wall in a back corridor of Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a stone slab bore testimony only to the graffiti etched on it by multitudes of pilgrims through the ages.

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Church of the Holy Sepulchre's ancient altar rediscovered, researchers say By Rinat Harash April 13, 20225:29 AM PDTUpdated April 13, 2022 ...

A stone slab said to be the decorated frontal of the Crusader-era high altar of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is seen in Jerusalem's Old City on April 11, 2022.

The Catholic clergy are believed to have used the altar during mass until the 12th century, and it was then used by the Greek Orthodox church until it was damaged in 1808 and cast away. April 14, 2022 ...