Christian tradition depicts Jesus’ tomb as empty and solitary, but archaeology tells a different story. Tombs in Jerusalem were family complexes filled with multiple bodies. Early gospel writers ...

In November 1990, archaeologists in south Jerusalem made a remarkable discovery: a burial cave containing 12 bone boxes, two of which bore the inscription 'Caiaphas' - the high priest who, according ...

A long-awaited excavation by Italian archaeologists has finally taken place beneath the floors of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. The church is believed to have been built in part upon ...