When looters broke into a burial cave in Israel’s Judean Lowlands in the 1980s, they set off a chain of excavations that continue to this day. First came a prolonged dig led by Israel ...

New research suggests that a burial site once venerated by Christian pilgrims likely belonged to a member of Herod’s dynasty ...

'Cave of Salome' Possibly Holds Ancient Royalty — And Not Jesus' Midwife, Claims New Study Once a popular pilgrimage site for Christians, a cave southwest of Jerusalem in Israel has recently ...

Cave paintings dating back to 40,000 years ago have been found at sites across Eurasia. ... From the Man in the Moon to the face of Jesus appearing on pieces of toast, ...

Ancient cave burial of 'Jesus' midwife' may actually hold a princess 'Very rare' African ebony figurines found in 1,500-year-old Christian burials in Israeli desert ; ...

A cross with a painting of Jesus Christ hangs over the alter at Westminster Cathedral, London, February 21, 2007. A cross with a painting of Jesus Christ hangs over the alter at Westminster ...

Further into the cave’s shadowy passageway, the music picks up in intensity. Neon lights illuminate a handcrafted angel as he approaches a mannequin of Mary with news of her pregnancy. Farther along ...

Under an ordinary residential building in Jerusalem’s Armon Hanatziv neighborhood, a robotic arm with a camera inserted into a Second Temple-era burial cave has revealed mysterious inscriptions ...

The cave served as a popular Christian pilgrimage site until at least the ninth century. From there, the cave’s story goes silent until 1982, when looters discovered and broke into it.

Cave art in Puerto Rico’s Mona Island shows evidence of two worlds colliding: Intricate indigenous carvdin gs were recently discovered alongside 16th-century European graffiti and Christian symbols.