Archaeologists and scientists are converging on one of Christianity’s most contested questions: what really happened to Jesus ...

In November 1990, archaeologists in south Jerusalem made a remarkable discovery: a burial cave containing 12 bone boxes, two of which bore the inscription 'Caiaphas' - the high priest who, according ...

“At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid.”—John 19:41 As a literary device, this description of the burial place of ...

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Of the four gospel accounts of what happened at Jesus’ tomb on Easter morning, Matthew’s is the most embellished, for it alone places guards at the tomb, names the tomb’s owner, reports a violent ...

The death and resurrection of Jesus is the most famous underdog story in history. A low-status artisan from Galilee challenged the authorities of his time and ended up dying a brutal and horrifying ...

A long-awaited excavation by Italian archaeologists has finally taken place beneath the floors of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. The church is believed to have been built in part upon ...