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

But it was, the knight claimed, an ancient burial shroud imprinted with the likeness of Jesus Christ. And the world has been debating the authenticity of the so-called Shroud of Turin ever since.

The burial custom in Jesus’ day was for a body to be anointed with spices and wrapped in a cloth. It would then be placed in a tomb or cave and the entrance would be sealed.

We will celebrate history’s most important event in a little over a month. Technically, it is two separate events, but they ...

Worshippers in Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre surround the restored Edicule, a shrine that Christian tradition says was built over the burial place of Jesus Christ. The shrine ...

The text also mentions that the man who was wrapped in the shroud had been condemned to death, she believes. The hidden text was in effect the "burial certificate" for Jesus Christ, Frale said.

cinnamon sticks are used to symbolize the wooden cross of Christ; and the melted cheese coating the pudding represents the shroud used for Jesus’ burial. Capirotada. Credit: German Zuazo Mendoza ...