If the trail of the real Jesus has gone cold in Bethlehem ... the shrine that houses the reputed tomb of Jesus. Now, during Easter week, I return to see it in all its soot-scrubbed, reinforced ...

Popular depictions of Jesus' tomb often show a small, single-chamber burial site—but historical evidence suggests something very different. Scholars argue that first-century rock-cut tombs were ...

So then, what was Jesus' real name, and how did it evolve ... In 1980, archaeologists discovered the Talpiot Tomb in Jerusalem, containing 10 ossuaries, some inscribed with names such as "Jesus ...

This story appears in the December 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. This month’s cover story, “What Archaeology Is Telling Us About the Real Jesus,” does what people have been ...