Fragments of nails that were believed to have been used in the crucifixion of Jesus Christ have ancient wood and fragments of bone on them, in a new study released last week. The fragments first came ...

In April, Daniel Silliman, a senior news editor at Christianity Today, wrote an article ( “Was Jesus Crucified With Nails?”) about an essay published in the Biblical Archaeology Review by New ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apr. 3—Local historian and collector Allen Shirley owns a long and rusty nail, slightly bent at one end, that is believed to have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archaeologists say a skeleton found with a nail through its foot is evidence of Roman crucifixion. The skeleton with a nail lodged ...

This year, he decided to carry out this controversial act for peace in Ukraine, the Gaza Strip and other hot spots around the world, reports the AP agency. The tradition of crucifixion on Good Friday ...

Were These Nails Used to Crucify Jesus? | RealClearScience Two corroded Roman-era iron nails that some have suggested pinned Jesus to the cross appear to have been used in an ancient crucifixion, ...

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 ...

Local historian and collector Allen Shirley owns a long and rusty nail, slightly bent at one end, that is believed to have been used 2,000 years ago to crucify an enemy of the Roman Empire to an ...