On Friday, Christians around the world commemorate with prayers and fasting the death of Jesus Christ, days before the arrival of Easter and the hope of the Resurrection. >> Read more trending news ...

A student in Nigeria died on Good Friday during an attempt to reenact the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The incident occurred during a performance of a Passion Play, a dramatic reenactment of Christ’s ...

At the beginning of the summer of 1968 a team of archaeologists under the direction of V. Tzaferis discovered four cave-tombs at Giv'at ha-Mivtar (Ras el-Masaref), which is just north of Jerusalem ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Romans, for all that they had adopted crucifixion as the “supreme penalty,” refused to countenance the possibility that it ...

A new study shows potential evidence of crucifixion done to Jesus Christ through stains on the Shroud of Turin. Godong/Universal Images Group via Getty Images See more of our coverage in your search ...

The dearth of information about Jesus’ Crucifixion makes it impossible to describe the event in accurate detail, as Mel Gibson attempts to do in his new film, “The Passion of the Christ,” biblical ...

Crucifixion followed a bloody script of sorts that maximized the suffering and prolonged death. It began when the one being crucified was stripped of his clothing then beaten with a flagrum, a ...