From the location of the “place of skulls” to ancient Jewish burial rites, here’s what archaeologists do—and don’t—know about ...

Archaeologists found another example of a crucified heel 49 years later in Cambridgeshire, England, in a grave in an ancient ...

With St. Peter’s, St. John Lateran, St. Paul Outside the Walls, it is one of four basilicas in Rome granted special status by ...

PEERING back 2,000 years to the age of Jesus isn’t exactly easy – but rare objects from those times solve the mystery of what ...

The traditional location of Jesus Christ's tomb is the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. But does the historical evidence support this tradition?

As a follower of Christ I am also aware that what makes Good Friday good is at the core of what Christians believe. The one I ...

Early Sunday morning, Mary Magdalene and a few other women arrived at the tomb where Jesus was buried. Only three days earlier, they had watched in anguish as their Master died. Now, to their ...

Excavations in another part of the city previously revealed even more skeletons, this time from the Late Roman period, which were buried both ... or shapeshifting. A Cave’s Hidden Chamber ...

In other words, it seems unlikely that Pilate would have proclaimed Jesus guiltless, but then conceded to pressure and condemned him anyway. Pilate did not cave to hostile crowds indiscriminately ...

While many popes are buried under St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, Pope Francis will not continue that trend. In December, Pope Francis said he wanted to be buried in the Rome basilica of St. Mary ...