A 1,800-year-old silver amulet discovered beneath the chin of a skeleton in a cemetery in Germany is the oldest evidence of Christianity north of the Alps, according to a new study. Researchers made ...

The earliest known evidence of Christianity north of Italy was recently unveiled by archaeologists, who call the discovery one of the "most important testimonies of early Christianity." The artifact, ...

Archaeologists in Turkey have discovered a third-century mural depicting Jesus as the good shepherd. The mural, which remains ...

An important piece of early Christian history, the Crosby-Schøyen Codex, sold for nearly $3.9 million on June 11, 2024, at Christie’s in London. This codex is a mid-fourth century book from Egypt ...

What is the account that we get from Acts about the early history of the Christian church? The Book of Acts records or reports that there was a special event that took place at Pentecost, which would ...

The conventional view of a unique early Christian building dating to the 3rd century has been challenged by experts. The remains of the structure, which was constructed around A.D. 232, is in the ...

As Christianity spread through the Roman world, Greek and Roman statues were no longer seen as art but as spiritual threats.

The title of Douglas Boin's Coming Out Christian in the Roman World: How the Followers of Jesus Made a Place in Caesar's Empire is the print-medium equivalent of "clickbait." It arrests your frantic ...