A heated debate over the exact location of Jesus' crucifixion has reignited, with Christians, scholars, and faith leaders divided over the true site of Golgotha. Golgotha, meaning 'Place of the Skull' in Aramaic, is described in the Bible as the location of Jesus' crucifixion outside Jerusalem. Early Christians pointed to a site they had long revered, prompting Constantine to build a church there to mark the spot. Hebrews 13:12 reads: 'And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through his own blood.' Support for the hill theory dates back to the mid-1800s, when German theologian Otto Thenius first proposed that a skull-shaped ridge north of Jerusalem could be the biblical Golgotha.

Source: Daily Mail April 10, 2026 21:53 UTC