Several major artifacts were left unharmed by Monday’s devastating fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, but many remain unaccounted for. As firefighters strove to put out the flames on Monday, ...

In 1737, when Galileo's remains were transferred from a humble grave to an opulent mausoleum in one Florence's largest churches, his body mover had an entrepreneurial idea. Anton Francesco Gori ...

It was a ceremony that, except for modern conveniences like central heating and electric lights, and a woman leading congregational singing from the lectern, could have occurred in a European ...

The Mar Thomas Church in Mosul, Iraq. Laborers doing restoration work at the historic Syriac Orthodox Mar Thomas Church in Mosul which was severely damaged by ISIS, have uncovered some one dozen ...

AMMAN, Jordan – Jordan's archaeology chief says he has a solid legal case to press for the return of 70 ancient lead books stolen and smuggled into Israel Ziad al-Saad says the relics could be the ...

Catholic leaders visited the basilica beneath Lake Iznik, believed to be the site of the First Council of Nicaea, after falling water levels revealed the submerged ruins.

A tiny, exquisitely made box found on an excavated street in Jerusalem is a token of Christian faith from 1,400 years ago, Israeli archaeologists said Sunday. The box was carved from the bone of a cow ...

Cottonwood Heights • Imagine glimpsing the arm of Jesus’ grandmother or a robe from his father — well, stepfather. Now 2,000 years later, you can — right here in Utah — as long as you have a believing ...

The box, carved from the bone of a cow, horse or camel, decorated with a cross on the lid and measuring only 2 cm by 1.5 cm, was likely carried by a Christian believer around the end of the 6th ...

The fire erupted around 6:30 p.m. Monday local time, causing the historic spire and roof of the building to collapse Several major artifacts were left unharmed by Monday’s devastating fire at the ...