Ever since the 14th century, the Shroud of Turin has captivated Christians across the world. Believed by some to be the burial garment of Jesus Christ, the linen cloth measures about 14 feet, 3 inches ...

Mount Hekla in Iceland, known as 'the chimney of hell' by medieval Christians, has been considered a gateway to the ...

Additionally, studies have cited seven pieces of evidence suggesting Jesus of Nazareth's actual existence, despite a fringe perspective that he was a figment of ancient peoples' imaginations.

“In the ancient world (whether Greek, Roman or Jewish), the worst punishment a person could experience after death was to be denied a decent burial ... that perpetually shroud its summit.

Just why the Romans did this, though, remains a mystery. The experts that made the discovery found that the natural ...

A large team of archaeologists, historians and prehistory specialists affiliated with a host of institutions across Spain has ...

the fragments still offered impressions of the burial shroud and even preserved a small piece of the fabric the individual was buried in. There were no grave goods found in the coffin, but the ...

This process sometimes preserved organic remnants such as clothing or a burial shroud. The gypsum from ... The cemetery sat along an ancient Roman road. During the excavation, the team found ...

An ancient culture that lived on the coast of ... The graves were excavated in 2022, but one of them was unlike the others. The burial of a young woman, possibly as young as 17, was identified ...