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Two days before Easter Sunday is another important Christian holiday. Known as Good Friday, the holy day commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
What archaeology can—and can’t—tell us about Jesus’ crucifixion From the location of the “place of skulls” to ancient Jewish burial rites, here’s what archaeologists do—and don’t ...
Created around 1503, the painting—which just sold at auction for $3.1 million—depicts the saint after the crucifixion of Jesus, when she entered a period of repentance ...
Sarah Worne and her husband bought a plot of land of around one acre near Lostwithiel in Cornwall, UK, last October. The site included the barn which the couple said was filled with 30 pieces of ...
And behind one of the last sheets of fiberboard was a painting of Jesus. The painting - a 10ft (3m) tall cross - depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and possibly the Virgin Mary and his disciple John.
A couple who found a large painting of Jesus in a Cornish barn are looking for help to find out more information about the person who painted it. Sarah Worne and her husband bought the plot of ...
There the Roman soldier’s speartip is circled, which is what was used to stab Jesus in the stomach during the crucifixion in the Bible.
The Shroud of Turin, a centuries-old linen cloth that many believe was used to wrap Jesus’ body after crucifixion, is unlikely to be from Biblical times, hi-tech new research asserts.
On Friday afternoon, Mayor Ned Mannoun ordered artist Philjames’ work, “Jesus Speaks to the Daughters of Jerusalem”, to be removed from the Blake Prize exhibition at the council’s Casula ...
Top prize went to Robert Armetta for his oil painting titled, The Entombment. Measuring more than 6 feet wide, the life-size painting forms a pair with a Crucifixion painting, Lamb of God.