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

After Jesus Christ was crucified outside the city of Jerusalem ... one of his wealthy followers named Joseph of Arimathea asked Pontius Pilate for Jesus’ body. Pilate let Joseph have it ...

Pontius Pilate was the Roman prefect (governor) of Judea around A.D. 26-37 and is most famous for presiding over the trial of Jesus ... a biography of Pilate, get inside his head, understand ...

The Roman governor, Pilate, was the only person who could legally sentence Jesus to death. So the Jewish leaders sent Jesus to him for a second trail, hoping he would be found guilty and put to death.