JESUS' BURIAL AND ASCENSION TO HEAVEN IS RESTORED 3 (PHOTOS AND VIDEO)
Speaking during a media briefing, Bonnie Burnham, spokesperson of the World Monuments Fund, said: "If this intervention hadn't happened now, there is a very great risk that there could have been a collapse. This is a complete transformation of the monument."
A wide range of contributors made the $4 million restoration possible, including from the World Monuments Fund, Jordan's King Abdullah II and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
The Edicule stands at the center of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, one of the world's oldest churches built in the 12th century.

The burial slab many Christians believe once held the body of Jesus Christ has been uncovered by scientists for the first time in centuries

The renovated Edicule

The restored Edicule is now a beautiful architectural structure