Known as the "place of the skull," Golgotha is said to be the site of Jesus Christ's crucifixion. Purportedly located just ...

All the marks of violence on the skeleton resulted directly or indirectly from crucifixion. A description of Jehohanan's death would be helpful toward imaging Jesus' suffering since both were ...

Is there any relation between the first Christians and a sect of Jews who founded a religious community at Qumrân in Jordan a hundred years before Christ? Is there any relation between Jesus ...

According to the Gospels, Christ was mindful that his death would occur no matter how much his apostles tried to avoid it. Added to this, the pain he suffered when he learned that Judas Iscariot ...

potentially proving the fact that Jesus Christ was wrapped in it after his crucifixion. The linen, which is kept in Turin and measures 4.3 metres by 1.1 metres, bears two images, both the front ...

Le Coup de Lance', 1620. At the Crucifixion the soldier pierces Christ's side to make sure he is dead. At bottom right, the Virgin Mary and St John the Apostle turn aside in despair. From the ...

The crowd chose to free Barabbas, a well-known criminal, thereby condemning Christ to death. Once Jesus had been condemned he was whipped, stripped of his clothes and given a crown of thorns and a ...