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Excerpt: Jerusalem in the time of Jesus. ... This 1584 map of Jerusalem, made by a European priest who never visited the city, portrays scenes from the life of Christ in vivid color.
JERUSALEM – Jerusalem's Franciscan friars have opened a new museum filled with artifacts related to daily life in Jesus' time. The Terra Sancta Museum's new wing, built into the ruined remains ...
This spring, for the first time in three decades, Ramadan, Easter and Purim — holidays in Islam, Christianity and Judaism — all overlapped within a month-long period.
The new map - based on Bible scripture and archaeological evidence - recounts Christ's journey through Jerusalem in the week ...
Jesus was on their radar long before he entered Jerusalem. For three years Jesus had been gaining followers in countryside towns and remote areas healing the sick, blind and crippled. The Jewish ...
A 2000-year-old ritual bath discovered at the site dates from the time of Jesus’s presence in Jerusalem, following Christian belief.
The burial slab inside the chamber of Jesus’s tomb in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem has not been seen since at least 1555 AD, when it was encased by layers of marble.
Historic restoration of Jesus' burial shrine 10 photos. JERUSALEM --The tomb of Jesus has been restored to its former glory.Just in time for Easter, a Greek restoration team has completed a ...
A "magnificent" banquet hall dating back 2,000 years to the time of Jesus has been discovered in a site revered by the world's major religions. The hall was found on the edge of Jerusalem’s ...
Emily Turjman, a well-known figure in the Latin parish of Jerusalem, outside the Chapel of the Ascension on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. She's showing the rosaries she crafts with embroidery ...
n this Wednesday, June 27, 2018 photo, visitors look at exhibits, entitled "The House of Herod: Life and Power in the Age of the New Testament," at the Terra Sancta Museum in Jerusalem.