Archaeologists excavating what millions of Christians believe is the site of Jesus' tomb have uncovered an ancient pathway ...

An inscription naming the man who ordered Jesus' death has shed light on a detail in the Bible's account of Jesus Christ's ...

The discovery of an ancient skeleton in northern Italy could shed new light on brutal Roman crucifixions. There is relatively little archaeological evidence of crucifixions, the method used to execute ...

An ancient ring — seen at right — discovered at Herodium has drawn renewed attention over an inscription researchers have linked to Pontius Pilate, who sentenced Jesus to death. New research about an ...

If you’re living in the Mediterranean world of the 1st century and you want to promote your religion, a “crucified god” is not your headline. Yet that is exactly what we find in the New Testament. I’m ...

Disturbing photographs recently emerged from Syria showing the bodies of two executed men hanging on crosses. Why has a punishment used in ancient Rome now emerged as a feature of Syria's civil war?