A debate about the crucifixion of Jesus was ignited when archaeologists discovered 12 boxes in a burial cave in south ...

Two nails that could have been used to crucify Jesus were rediscovered in 2011, and research shows they could have fragments ...

Archaeologists uncovered hidden inscriptions and graffiti left by medieval pilgrims on the walls of the Cenacle, the site of ...

Tzaferis discovered four cave-tombs at Giv'at ha-Mivtar (Ras el-Masaref), which is just north of Jerusalem near Mount ... belong to the Jewish cemetery of Jesus' time that extends from Mount ...

Worshippers in Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre ... “In Bethlehem there is shown the cave where [Jesus] was born.” Early in the fourth century, the emperor Constantine sent an ...

Atop one of Jerusalem’s olive-tree-cluttered ridges ... of the discovery of the 2,000-year-old scrolls in the Essene-sect caves with the re-emergence of the state of Israel.

On the Sunday before Pascha, the Holy Church celebrates the Entrance of the Lord into Jerusalem. Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the ...

In Jerusalem, a ceremony was held to ritually ... Also known as Maundy Thursday, the custom was introduced to imitate Jesus washing the feet of the the Twelve Apostles at the Last Supper the ...