BIRKBY is a tranquil corner of countryside lost in the lanes between Northallerton and Darlington. Even when a mainline train clatters ...

A landmark excavation has offered unprecedented historical insights. Set to conclude in the coming months, ToI gets a sneak ...

Bringing back to life the giant Roman colossus, the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs such as Tutankhamun, Bernini sculptures or Van ...

The more things change, the more they remain the same.” That time-honored adage has a contemporary application with respect to the current Russo-Ukrainian War. What is happening in Ukraine is nothing ...

Known as the "place of the skull," Golgotha is said to be the site of Jesus Christ's crucifixion. Purportedly located just ...

The tenth and eleventh weekly Torah readings from Exodus, Vayakkel (35:1-38:20) and Pekekudei (38:21-40:38) deal with the construction of the Tabernacle during Moses’s time. Many readers think the ...

The Romans named the seventh day Saturday, based on the Roman god Saturn. The word means “enough.” Saturn’s reign was ...

Jesus is “true God from true God,” “begotten not made,” and “of one substance with the Father.” These truths that lie at the ...

Tradition recounts that Longinus, a Roman centurion, pierced the side of Jesus with this very spear during the crucifixion.

New radiocarbon dating at grand Huqoq sanctuary near Tiberias puts its construction after the empire embraced Christianity, ...

The tomb of a saint is set to be opened in a Catholic ritual that began 1,870 years ago when a man was burned at the stake ...