A 2,000-year-old copper ring that may have belonged to biblical Roman prefect Pontius Pilate has been found by Israeli researchers, some 50 years after it was unearthed in a palace excavation.

A special camera revealed an inscription reading "of Pilatus," in reference to the infamous Pontius Pilate. EPA Experts in Israel have identified a ring that may have belonged to Pontius Pilate, the ...

A 2,000-year-old ring unearthed 50 years ago may have been worn by Pontius Pilate, who served as the Roman prefect of Judaea from 26 to 37 AD. He served under the Roman emperor Tiberius during the ...

The name of Pontius Pilate, the Roman official who ordered the killing of Jesus, according to the Gospel, is mentioned in thousands of sermons every year and is familiar to countless people, but ...

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A 2,000-year-old bronze ring could have been worn by Pontius Pilate, the Roman prefect who ordered Jesus to be crucified, archaeologists say. The ring was first unearthed 50 years ago at Herodium, a ...

Archeologists believe a ring unearthed in an archeological dig in Israel belonged to Pontius Pilate—the man who crucified Jesus. London’s Independent reports that the ring was discovered 50 years ago ...

2,000-year-old ring discovered with the name of Pontius Pilate A 2,000-year-old ring bearing the name Pontius Pilate was discovered in the West Bank. Pontius Pilate is known as the prefect who ordered ...