New images from a conservation project in Jerusalem reveal the original limestone bed where the body of Jesus Christ is ... much more of the rock-cut tomb survives inside the surrounding structure ...

The Gospel of Thomas was discovered in Egypt in 1945 and contains 114 sayings attributed to Jesus - but rather than the ...

Editor’s Note: Joel Baden is professor of Hebrew Bible at Yale University. Candida Moss is professor of New Testament and early Christianity at the University of Notre Dame. Did you hear the ...

JERUSALEM — Preliminary findings from the investigation into the site where the body of Jesus Christ ... of the tomb identified in the fourth century A.D. are likely still present today, having ...

Greek preservation experts work to strengthen the Edicule surrounding the Tomb ... is Jesus’s tomb inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Some of the historic work was witnessed by AFP ...

The shrine is supposed to contain the tomb where Jesus Christ ’s body lay for three days after his crucifixion. The tomb has been sealed in marble since at least 1555 – and possibly centuries ...

The church is said to be built over the original burial place of Jesus Christ. The structure in the middle of the dome is the Holy Edicule, which is built directly over the tomb. Marble slabs have ...

the “Holy Fire” or “Holy Light” refers to a fire of purported divine origin that ignites inside Jesus’ tomb while only the Greek Orthodox patriarch is present. Pilgrims then light their ...

Jesus, in the Christian tradition, does not have a burial place because he rose up to Heaven, but for three days he lay in a tomb outside Jerusalem. Recently, some 50 scientists, workers, priests ...

A team of Spanish archaeologists have discovered an image of what they believe is the earliest known depiction of Jesus ... inside the structure where archaeologists also found the tomb of a ...