A pair of white hands blinding a Black face. A smiling colonizer with a Bible, crushing the skull of a screaming native with his boot. Chained ...

A team of researchers have uncovered Medieval inscriptions hidden on the walls of the traditional location of the Last Supper ...

As an archaeologist, I understand that the darkened layer left when fire sweeps through a city draws a sharp line in time between before and after.

A 2,000-year-old ring discovered near Jerusalem may well have been worn by the man who condemned Jesus to death.

Researchers believe that the purple dye produced at Shikmona was transferred to neighboring countries and may have been used to dye fabrics for the Temple in Jerusalem.

PEERING back 2,000 years to the age of Jesus isn’t exactly easy – but rare objects from those times solve the mystery of what ...

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

The earliest known Jesus mosaic inscription declaring Jesus as God, the Megiddo mosaic, was found under a prison in Israel.

Ancient Tel Shiqmona site yields first evidence of large-scale purple dye production centuries before Roman times, possibly ...

It's one of the holiest and most somber days in the Christian calendar as followers remember the execution of Jesus.

A new map created by theologian John Walsh traces the final moments of Jesus’ life, combining biblical accounts and ...