The repatriation of African art is gaining momentum, but a number of highly important and symbolic pieces remain in the hands ...

The Getty Museum has bolstered its collection of Spanish works with a painting by 16th-century master Luis de Morales.

This is Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, a painting recently attributed to Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571 – 1610), which ...

Pope Francis' favorite painting was Marc Chagall's "White Crucifixion." Here's what the Nazi-era artwork teaches about the ...

The Bible doesn’t describe Jesus being nailed to a cross. Telling the story of Christ’s death, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John ...

Pope Francis was history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor ...

In time for Easter, here's a look at some of the incredible artistic tributes to the Christian narrative that can be found ...

Archaeologists are exploring the possibility that a skull discovered at a former royal basilica belongs to King Matthias Corvinus.

Experts reveal insights into what Jesus really looked like based on his likely hair, skin tone, clothing, and physique.

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

The sky went black because the world couldn’t bear the weight of what was happening. The temple veil tore in two because heaven’s gates had been flung wide open. The ground shook because hell itself ...

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