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, ...

The FINANCIAL — The finding in the village of Fenstanton is the only known example of a Roman crucifixion in the British Isles, and perhaps the best preserved in the world. Archaeologists ...

'Ecce Homo' (Behold the Man), by 19th-century painter Antonio Ciseri, depicts Pontius Pilate presenting Jesus to a crowd in Jerusalem. Tungsten/Galleria d'Arte Moderna via Wikimedia Commons It’s a ...

The crucifixion of Jesus Christ is a cornerstone of Christian theology, with historical, biblical and archaeological evidence strongly supporting the use of nails in this brutal execution method.

Only one victim of crucifixion has ever been identified in Roman Britain: The man’s skeleton—with a two-inch nail driven through its heel bone—was discovered during a dig in Cambridgeshire in 2017.

It’s a straightforward part of the Easter story: The Roman governor Pontius Pilate had Jesus of Nazareth killed by his soldiers. He imposed a sentence that Roman judges often inflicted on social ...