The crucifixion of Christ is one of the most famous stories in the Bible but author Julian Doyle has questioned much of what ...

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

At the first station, Jesus stands before the judge, Pilate who pronounces his sentence. The Stations of the Cross are pictures used to represent certain scenes at the Passion of Christ.

A jaw-dropping discovery by NASA may lend cosmic credibility to one of the Bible’s most dramatic moments — the crucifixion ... the surreal skies as Jesus hung on the cross.

The suggestion is that the parody was directed at Christians precisely because they worshipped a man who had died by crucifixion. The slowness to depict Jesus on a cross was not about a general ...

Slate’s archives are full of fascinating stories. We’re republishing this article on Easter weekend because it remains a reader favorite. It was originally published April 9, 2009. A central ...

Fragments said to be from the cross on which Jesus was crucified will be included in a newly made Cross of Wales used at the head of the coronation procession in Westminster Abbey. The relics of ...