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

John the Apostle’s fate was nearly opposite that ... It is believed he may have been martyred around 60 CE, and traditionally was crucified on an X-shaped cross in Patras, a city in Achaea ...

A crucifixion with ropes would still be ... in the New Testament that mentions nails. In the Gospel of John, the doubting apostle Thomas says he would have to see and touch the “týpon tón ...

The Apostle John was Jesus's best friend ... because none of Jesus's brothers or sisters went with Mary to the crucifixion. John, Luke, Paul and others tell us Jesus's brothers then became ...

Le Coup de Lance', 1620. At the Crucifixion the soldier pierces Christ's side to make sure he is dead. At bottom right, the Virgin Mary and St John the Apostle turn aside in despair. From the ...