Now, researchers digging in the Holy Land are sifting fact from fiction ... man’s heel bone found in a family tomb may rebut the charge that Jesus, executed as a criminal, would not have ...

The Gospel of Matthew recounts how the king orders the death of all baby boys following the birth of Jesus, an event called ... (See also: Herod's tomb discovered.) Herod’s rule was an exquisite ...

Luce carries symbols that have been associated with pilgrimage in Europe since the 12th century, particularly with the shrine ...

Believed to stand directly above Jesus Christ's tomb, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is considered one of the world's holiest Christian sites. Emperor Constantine originally built the church in ...

such as a stone from the Holy Land, water from a well, or even a piece of cloth or a statue that touched Christ’s tomb. A sixth-century painted box now in the Vatican contains bits of soil and stones ...