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

On the road to Damascus, Saul of Tarsus, who we would later come to know as St. Paul, saw a blinding light and from it heard ...

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The discovery of the ancient gate suggests that the famous king of the Israelites may not have been sole ruler of his time.

Archaeologists say new findings from one of Christianity’s holiest sites align with descriptions in the Gospels long ...

At sunrise the first Easter, April 5, 33 AD, Mary Magdalene and Jesus’ Disciples, Peter and John, discovered an extraordinary sight — the large stone rolled away, the tomb empty ...

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

Thousands of people recited prayers while carrying large wooden crosses and walking through the streets of the Old City of ...

Bethany Beyond the Jordan was a spiritual experience my lapsed Catholic self was not expecting. It reminded me that whatever ...

He was Sir Charles Marston, 66, Justice of Peace, officer in the Order of St. John of Jerusalem ... down in 1400 B.C., in the time of Moses. The double walls of Jericho fell as related, probably ...

this isn’t just a minor footnote in the history of Jerusalem. “It’s the first time we’ve been able to scientifically support the idea that a garden existed here during the time of Jesus,” she told the ...