Biblical archaeology offers a fascinating lens into the lives of key individuals living during Old and New Testament times. Of late, numerous items have been discovered that are heralded as offering ...

Jesus’s crucifixion is probably one of the most familiar images to emerge from Christianity. Good Friday, one of the holiest days in the Christian calendar, marks the event. But what was crucifixion?

These Easter congregants are taking their Good Friday celebration back to the New Testament. After a three-year hiatus due to COVID, a controversial Good Friday tradition has been resurrected. Eight ...

Small fragments of wood believed to have been from the cross on which Jesus was crucified will be incorporated into King Charles’ coronation. Two shards of what is known as the True Cross were gifted ...

In 1936, the French surgeon Pierre Barbet published his medical book A Doctor at Calvary in which he describes taking a recently amputated arm and driving a nail into it in order to understand the ...

In anticipation of Easter, high-end jewelers advertise gold and bejeweled crosses costing thousands of dollars. This is ironic. The cross of Christ was a horrible torture. The victim of crucifixion ...

At least 24 Filipinos were nailed to crosses to re-enact Jesus Christ's suffering in a Good Friday rite rejected by Catholic church leaders but witnessed by throngs of believers and thousands of ...