Popular depictions of Jesus' tomb often show a small, single-chamber burial site—but historical evidence suggests something very different. Scholars argue that first-century rock-cut tombs were ...

An exhibition shows the beauty and disparity of maps in a time of rapid discovery, when the shape of the known world was ever ...

The conclave to elect the next pope is now underway at the Vatican. The cardinals — the prelates who are just below the pope ...

Ancient pollen samples and archaeobotanical remains point to an ancient garden that was once located at the site of the ...

On the morning of May 7 the conclave will commence, with all the cardinals present, with the Holy Mass for the Election of ...

The call to prayer echoed across the arid town, the voice of the muezzin crackling over battered loudspeakers atop the mosque minarets. In a place where sandstorms often ...

Rays: Cooper Kinney, 2B/3B (No. 23) With a career .287 average and .810 OPS in his fourth season, Kinney has always produced ...

The church that does not have a hand of mercy, that does not help the poor, is — to me — not following the teachings of Jesus ...

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

While it's known by a few other names (more on that below), Maundy Thursday is a celebration that consists of Christians commemorating this holy day during Jesus ... and have a time of singing.