Ever since the 14th century, the Shroud of Turin has captivated Christians across the world. Believed by some to be the ...

"Shrouds being a ceremonial object, they represent older dress traditions which no longer exist, for example the wearing of tzizit by Ashkenazi women in the Middle Ages. We don't have that object ...

Though the study, published in the journal Heritage, falls short of concluding whether the shroud was actually Jesus’s burial cloth, it dates its origin to 2,000 years ago.

Archaeologists have uncovered the burial site of an elite woman in Áspero, an ancient Caral fishing town in Peru’s Lima region. Her skin, hair, and nails are exceptionally preserved, which is ...

Remains of "elite woman" who died 5,000 years ago ... part of the nails and hair and was wrapped in a shroud made of several layers of ... "This is an exceptional burial due to the ...

FILE-A central detail of the shroud with the face (left). The 2015 Exposition of the Shroud of Turin begins in the Turin Cathedral, Italy. The Shroud of Turin is a linen cloth with the image of a man.

The movie’s main invention is wholly Cronenbergian: The burial shrouds that give the picture its title broadcast corpses’ decomposition to the living, ostensibly to aid in people’s grieving.

Archaeologists in Peru announced they found the 5,000-year-old remains of a noblewoman at the sacred city of Caral, in an area which for decades was used as a garbage dump.

First unearthed during an 2006 excavation in Venice, a forensic digitally rebuilt the face of a 60-year-old woman likely accused of being a vampire in the 16th century.

The statue, called “Christ in Death,” portrays Jesus’ corpse laying on a burial shroud with a crown of thorns laid alongside his lower legs. (photo: Paul Braun / Diocese of Fargo) Kevin J ...

Some Christians believe the fabric – which is kept in the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in Turin - is the burial shroud of Jesus of Nazereth, dating back over 2,000 years.