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By: BAS Staff

Crucifixion images abound today—from sculptures and icons in churches to the masterful paintings hanging in museums. But how many of these actually give us a realistic idea of what Jesus’ crucifixion looked like? Do these artistic crucifixion images accurately reflect ancient Roman crucifixion methods?

By: Andrea Nicolotti

Today many consider the Shroud of Turin—the alleged burial cloth of Jesus of Nazareth—to be the most important relic of Christianity.1 It is a linen […]

By: BAS Staff

And the Winner Is … “Weren’t we predicted to win hands down?” —Andy Magid of Norman, Oklahoma Thank you to all those who submitted caption […]

By: Rangar Cline

In the third century CE, the renowned Roman lawyer known as Paul the Jurist elaborated upon a first-century BCE law regarding murderers and poisoners: Those […]

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Workers at the Temple Mount Sifting Project (TMSP) have uncovered two unique weights that hint at the existence of a Byzantine church on the Temple […]

By: BAS Staff

During the fourth century, when Christianity went from a persecuted minority to a state-sponsored religion, several monumental churches were built across Roman Palestine to commemorate […]

By: John Drummond

Among other things, the Christmas season is often synonymous with movies and television specials. Sprinkled among the plethora of Christmas classics, one is sure to […]

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Excavators with the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) and the German Protestant Institute of Archaeology made an unexpected discovery while excavating on Jerusalem’s Mt. Zion: a […]

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Archaeologists at Tel Shimron in Israel’s Jezreel Valley have uncovered a remarkable megastructure, so far unique within the southern Levant. Rising nearly 20 feet above […]

By: BAS Staff

Among the most memorable accounts in the Gospels is that of Jesus’s raising of Lazarus from the dead in John 11. We learn little, however, […]