According to the evangelists, the site of the crucifixion was outside yet near the city walls, and it was called Golgotha, meaning “place of a skull.” The place of burial was a new tomb belonging to a wealthy disciple called Joseph of Arimathea. A rolling stone was used to close the tomb, which was located in a nearby garden. Schematic diagram of a typical family burial cave from the first century A.D. The rock-hewn forecourt (lower left) leads to the entrance of the burial cave, through a narrow