Endnote 3 – Resurrecting Easter: Hunting for the Original Resurrection Image
In 1916, the brilliant German Jesuit archaeologist Joseph Wilpert (1857–1944) depicted those frescoes in colored reproductions as they were after a decade and a half of degradation from outside urban air. Despite recent preservation and restoration, during which the complex was closed to the public (until March 2016), Wilpert’s older images are the best we can ever have of what once was there.