The Spanish word for Easter is Pascua. In Italian, it’s Pasqua. French speakers have Pâques. All of these words derive from ...

How can these discoveries be reconciled with the widespread view that the post-Temple remnant of Jews in the Holy Land was ...

Archaeologists in the Golan Heights may have uncovered the site where Jesus healed a bleeding woman, one of his most famous ...

One of the fundamental beliefs of the Ancient Greeks was that their beloved gods were immortal, but were they? How did they die?

For more than a millennium, Orthodox Christian monks have woken up in the predawn darkness to start their day with prayer at ...

An ancient carved stone head, possibly of a Roman god or philosopher, was uncovered beneath a 5th-century church in Rome, Italy.

The Conversation explores the origins of the long and interesting journey the Easter Bunny has taken from European prehistory ...

Archaeologists working in an ancient Mayan city have unearthed a mysterious 1,700-year-old altar whose bright decorations and ...

A spectacular stone head, possibly representing a bearded male deity, has been discovered in the archaeological area of the ...

With the upcoming celebration of Resurrection Day, Jonathan Cahn challenges us to rethink what we celebrate and why.

While carrying out excavations at Tikal National Park in Guatemala — what was once the center of the Maya civilization — ...

The four clay troughs were initially thought to have served as stands for gold-plated staffs. Now, a researcher has presented ...