Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apr. 3—Local historian and collector Allen Shirley owns a long and rusty nail, slightly bent at one end, that is believed to have ...

Christ’s crucifixion is one story that has fascinated many artists and writers throughout history. Countless paintings depict the scene. Some traditional church buildings place sculptures of Christ on ...

Fragments of nails that were believed to have been used in the crucifixion of Jesus Christ have ancient wood and fragments of bone on them, in a new study released last week. The fragments first came ...

This 1,900-year-old heel bone shows an intact nail, and likely reveals that the man was crucified. There’s no doubt that crucifixion was a horrible method of execution. But historians report that most ...

Archaeologists in the United Kingdom have unearthed a skeleton with a nail protruding from its right heel bone. The remains likely belonged to a man who was crucified by the Romans, in what is an ...

These nails are the subject of scientific debates since their first discovery in 1990 Israeli geologist Aryeh Shimron led the new research Israel Antiquities Authority said the new study is ...

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Just in time for Easter, an Israeli television journalist has produced a pair of nails he says may have been used to crucify Jesus Christ. “We’re not saying these are the nails,” says Simcha ...

Several small cemeteries were unearthed in Cambridgeshire, England in 2017. A skeleton of a man somewhere between the ages of 25 and 35 was found and showed signs of crucifixion. Twelve nails were ...

Archaeologists have unearthed what they believe is the first example of a crucifixion in northern Europe. The skeleton of a man with a nail through his heel was discovered in Fenstanton, ...