With modern computer software, it's easy for astronomers to calculate the positions of stars thousands of years ago, at the click of a button. Before computers, ancient astronomers had to plot the ...

The Holy Family Cave is a sculpture that depicts a harrowing tableau: a bombed-out version of the traditional nativity ... form a star, inspired by the Star of Bethlehem that led the Magi to ...

A Christian boy lighting a candle at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem yesterday, as Christian pilgrims and tourists are expected to descend on the traditional birthplace of Jesus for ...