A sealed tomb that dates back millennia has been discovered in Italy in extremely good condition and contains surprisingly well-preserved artwork. The 2,000-year-old tomb, which is in near perfect ...

The Orthodox Christian ceremony, which is attended by Catholics and other Christians, as well, has been held continuously since at least 1106. The "Holy Fire" is passed from inside Christ's tomb to ...

In addition to the traditional methods used by archeologists to study buildings, including taking comprehensive and detailed photographs and studying ancient documents and drawings, archeologists ...

A long-awaited excavation by Italian archaeologists has finally taken place beneath the floors of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. The church is believed to have been built in part upon ...

Recent discoveries of an ancient structure in Jerusalem align exactly with the description of Jesus' tomb in the Bible. Architects at the site of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem have ...

Archaeologists and scientists are converging on one of Christianity’s most contested questions: what really happened to Jesus ...

Down the ancient lanes of old Jerusalem last Saturday, thousands of Christian worshipers surged toward the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, where Jesus Christ is said to have risen bodily from his tomb.

"There's the legend about Jesus marrying Mary Magdalene and their producing a son, something no credible historian believes," Carey said. "There's the assumption that the controversial James ossuary ...