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In Nazénie Garibian de Vartavan's doctoral thesis, now published as La Jérusalem Nouvelle et les premiers sanctuaires chrétiens de l ’ Arménie.

Méthode pour l ’ étude de l ’ église comme temple de Dieu, she concluded, through multiple arguments ( mainly theological and archaeological ), that the true site of Golgotha was precisely at the vertical of the now buried Constantinian basilica's altar and away from where the traditional rock of Golgotha is situated.

The plans published in the book indicate the location of the Golgotha within a precision of less than two meters, below the circular passage situated a metre away from where the blood stained shirt of Christ was traditionally recovered and immediately before the stairs leading down to " St. Helena's Chapel " ( the above mentioned mother of Emperor Constantine ), alternatively called " St. Vartan's Chapel ".