The cross is one of the most prominent symbols of Christianity, and depictions of the crucified Christ are one of Christianity's most powerful iconographic themes. And yet, it is only recently that ...

Archaeologists in Turkey discovered over 60 ancient tombs in Colossae, the biblical city mentioned in St. Paul's famous New ...

It all started in the dusty storeroom of the Egyptian Sinai desert, the type of environment where dust particles float in the air as if they have lingered too long to be discovered. In 1975, ...

Previous forgeries make announcements of new archeological discoveries difficult to believe. Early copies of the Gospel of Mark are not as common as the other three gospels. The reason: 90 percent of ...

A long-lost Biblical passage, buried for nearly 1,500 years, has surfaced through the lens of ultraviolet technology. The rediscovery bridges ancient scripture and modern science in a stunning reveal.

While you're scouring eBay for Christmas presents, there are scholars and collectors out there who are keeping an eye out for one-of-a-kind finds. Back in January, Geoffrey Smith, an assistant ...