Pontius Pilate, is one of these first round of governors ... the cave of letters and in it were found caches of pottery and coins and other things of daily life. They were living down in these ...

Consider two (or really, three) stories; one is very well known, and the other hardly known at all. Both involve Americans, ...

Brutal tyrant or reluctant judge? Pilate’s encounter with Christ exposes the cost of power, fear, and placating the crowd.

A 2,000-year-old ring that was unearthed 50 years ago near Jerusalem may well have been worn by Pontius Pilate ...

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 ...

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 ...

A 2,000-year-old ring discovered near Jerusalem may well have been worn by the man who condemned Jesus to death.

“If it seems that we are more Roman than Christian these days, it can help to recall that the hero of Easter is Jesus and not Pontius Pilate.” Joshua Bessex [email protected] For ...

These elaborate costumes, imitations of Roman soldiers, are part of a cherished Easter celebration dating back 350 years in ...