The discovery this week of the tomb of King Herod will thrill the dedicated band of scholars and writers who see every scrap of archaeological evidence that surfaces from the Holy Land of 2000 years ...

JERUSALEM (AP) - Newly found coins underneath Jerusalem's Western Wall could change the accepted belief about the construction of one of the world's most sacred sites two millennia ago, Israeli ...

Now, here's a model of biblical proportions. A retired farmer has spent more than 30 years building an enormous scale model of Herod's temple - and it is still not finished Credit: GEOFF ROBINSON ...

ARCHAEOLOGICAL clues leading researchers to the tomb of the villainous King Herod are proof of the Bible's historical track record, a scripture expert has claimed. King Herod holds a special place in ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Netflix’s Mary—a new biblical film about the mother of Jesus Christ that began streaming today—will transform viewers back to the year 20 BCE. That’s thanks to the film’s ...

His burial place was a mystery for thousands of years, but in 2007 archaeologists believed they had uncovered the tomb of Herod the Great. However, now experts do not think the Biblical ruler's tomb ...

Israeli archaeologists have discovered a quarry that provided King Herod with the stones he used to renovate the biblical Second Temple compound, offering rare insight into construction of the holiest ...

If there is a villain in the Nativity story it is surely Herod, the monarch who supposedly slaughtered thousands of infants and toddlers to exterminate his rival, the baby Jesus. He is reviled in ...

Herod is offstage in most nativity plays, because no one wants a villain on Christmas Eve. Instead, the wise men warn the holy family about the mean man who’s looking for them, then the Magi go home ...

The modern Christmas themes of peace and joy were in short supply amid the ‘dislocation and danger’ of ancient Judea – as ...