Those who have seen the film The Passion of the Christ will recall how much time the director, Mel Gibson, devoted just to the act of nailing Jesus onto the cross —- almost five whole minutes ...

An artist was left stunned after the face of Jesus appeared in one of his tree root sculptures which had been nailed on a wooden cross. Keith Key, who is studying at the University of Hull and the ...

Small fragments of wood believed to have been from the cross on which Jesus was crucified will be incorporated into King Charles’ coronation. Two shards of what is known as the True Cross were ...

The image of Jesus Christ crucified on a cross is perhaps the most globally recognized symbol. It's portrayed in churches, monuments, and repeatedly in films, notably in Mel Gibson's The Passion ...

(Image credit: José Marafona | Dreamstime) Along similar lines to the abundant nails, enough wood chips from the "True Cross" – the cross on which Jesus was crucified – are scattered across ...

A builder was stunned when he spotted Jesus Christ on a plank of wood just a few days before Easter. Paddy Morrall noticed the full-length Christ on a snapped scaffolding board in Scotland.The ...

Jesus’s crucifixion is probably one of the most familiar images to emerge from Christianity. Good Friday, one of the holiest days in the Christian calendar, marks the event.

MISSION VIEJO, Calif., Feb. 23 (UPI) -- A California man said he was planning to throw away his wooden rocking chair until he noticed an image of Jesus Christ in the flaking paint and rotted wood.

Each Easter we see many images of Jesus on the cross – inevitably wearing a loincloth. But the historical evidence shows victims of crucifixion were fully naked to maximise shame as well as pain.