Luke describes Jesus being laid in a tomb cut into rock, later found with its stone moved, and finally inspected by Peter. Archaeology makes such a setting quite tangible.
Rock-cut family tombs are well attested around Jerusalem, although not every tomb used exactly the same architecture or closing mechanism.
First-century Judean tombs could be excavated into limestone and contain burial benches or niches. Entrances were closed with stones. Although popular imagery often assumes a large disk-shaped rolling stone, many tombs used more ordinary blocking stones; disk-shaped examples existed but were comparatively uncommon.
Luke's wording establishes a rock-cut tomb and a movable closure without requiring a single standardized design. Peter later stoops to look and sees linen cloths, again fitting an enclosed burial chamber.
The archaeological context gives physical substance to the resurrection narrative without pretending that archaeology identifies every feature of Jesus' particular tomb.
The women know the burial place, the entrance has been closed, and the subsequent moved stone permits access to a chamber in which the expected body is absent.