Some scientists even claim that Jesus never really died on the cross. In what is known as the 'swoon theory', Jesus merely fainted before being taken down and being revived in the tomb.

Little is said of Jesus’ youth in the four canonical gospels, with only Matthew and Luke mentioning the story of his birth, and Luke alone including a single anecdote of a child Jesus visiting a ...

A Tomb Once Said to Hold ‘Jesus’s Midwife’ Might Instead Hold Ancient Royalty For centuries, Christian devotees visited a tomb, believing it to belong to an apocryphal Biblical figure.

A 3D analysis comparing the way fabric falls on a human body versus a low-relief sculpture shows that the Shroud of Turin was ...

Shimon Gibson, theIsraeli archeologist who excavated the tomb 25 years ago,also distanced himself from the claim the tomb was that of Jesus and his family.

An ancient tomb traditionally associated with Jesus’s midwife is being excavated anew by archaeologists in the hills southwest of Jerusalem, the antiquities authority said Tuesday.

This Oct. 26 photo shows the moment workers remove the top marble layer of the tomb said to be of Jesus Christ, in the Church of Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. A restoration team has peeled away a ...

Even if Jesus didn't survive, some believe that the stone still could have been rolled away from the tomb by natural causes such as an earthquake.