Scott and Cheryl Filler have made many discoveries as they delved into restoring the 61-acre former Lourdes Franciscan Friary ...

Two tombs, one ancient question. This video explores the long-standing debate between the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Garden Tomb as the true burial place of Jesus. While the Holy Sepulchre ...

The Gospel of Thomas, which was first unearthed in Egypt in 1945, has gone viral for its controversial teachings that reportedly paint Jesus, who appears to resemble a new age guru in his outlook, in ...

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 ...

Roger Anis One scorching day last fall, Mohammad Youssef, an archaeologist, clung to a rope inside a shaft that had ... Yet this was no luxurious family tomb, as might have been expected.

While at the conference, the group presented evidence to support their claims and unveiled the ossuaries, boxes that they believe hold bones of Jesus ... in the tomb. A large portion of people during ...

Archaeologists recently unearthed a tomb directly under the Treasury ... unlike many other tombs in the city that are often found empty or disturbed. Inside were 12 complete skeletal remains and an ...

But research in the 1980s appeared to debunk the idea it was real after dating ... Arimathea wrapped the body of Jesus in a linen shroud and placed it inside the tomb. Matthew 27:59-60 reads ...

Credit: Marinella Bandini/CNA Though its authenticity is disputed by some, the “Holy Fire” or “Holy Light” refers to a fire of purported divine origin that ignites inside Jesus’ tomb ...