The question of whether the skull authentically belonged to the biblical figure known as Mary Magdalene is less straightforward. As the religious scholar Philip Almond explains in his 2023 book ...

Mary may have come into contact with Jesus because of his healing powers. “Seven demons had gone out of her,” says Luke (Luke 8:2). Some scholars believe that the Magdalene may be the same ...

An ancient depiction of a naked woman hung on the wall of my father’s study. Skeletal, stupefied, and wildly bedheaded, she contemplated distances across time and space, as saints and mystics do ...

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese tells the tale of St. Mary Magdalene, a once-demon-possessed woman who transformed through faith in "The Saints." ...

With a depiction of a swooning woman before a seated, ... Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, c. 1620-5. ... Usually, Mary holds a jar of ointment or regards a skull, ...

In something resembling Where’s Waldo for a Renaissance masterpiece, an Italian researcher is confident she has located a depiction of Mary Magdalene in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel. So ...

Sara contends that the depiction of a woman with blonde hair, situated beneath a male figure who is supporting a cross, was deliberately crafted to represent Mary, reports the Express.

This is British artist Harold Copping’s depiction of the grieving Mary Magdalene as she is about to meet the risen Jesus Christ in his tomb. Copping lived from 1863-1932. (Courtesy Photo) One of ...

This depiction of the artist’s inner tension could just as well apply to Mary Magdalene. When she first met the risen One, he pushed her back, saying: Do not cling to me, because I have not yet ...

Another depiction of Magdalene is the lover of Jesus presented as Eve in the Garden of Eden from Genesis. “Let him kiss me with the kisses of my mouth,” she speaks three times.

Viral photographs authentically show the real skull of biblical figure Mary Magdalene inside a gold reliquary. Rating: Context: The photographs show an authentic medieval reliquary containing a skull ...