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Israeli researchers say an inscription on an ancient ring discovered near Jerusalem may include the name of Pontius Pilate, the Roman official who Biblical accounts say sentenced Jesus to death. It ...

A 2,000-year-old bronze ring could have been worn by Pontius Pilate, the Roman prefect who ordered Jesus to be crucified, archaeologists say. The ring was first unearthed 50 years ago at Herodium, a ...

A 2,000-year-old copper ring that may have belonged to biblical Roman prefect Pontius Pilate has been found by Israeli researchers, some 50 years after it was unearthed in a palace excavation.

Fifty years ago, while excavating at Herodium, near Bethlehem in the West Bank, archaeologist Gideon Forster discovered a bronze ring. It was one of thousands of finds and its discovery did not cause ...

The plain looking copper-alloy ring bears the inscription 'of Pilatus' which experts believe refers to the infamous governor of Judea A 2,000-year-old ring found 50 years ago near Bethlehem could have ...

Gideon Foerster’s excavations at Herodium in 1968/69 yielded a simple ring, which was published only in 2018. The inscription on the ring was read as Πιλάτο(υ), i.e., ‘of Pilate.’ Various ...

Easter is the single most important date in the Christian calendar and it is preceded by Good Friday, which this year fell on April 2. Good Friday commemorates Jesus Christ's crucifixion, which ...

A 2,000-year-old bronze ring found near Bethlehem bears the name of Pontius Pilate, the Roman official who ordered Jesus Christ to be crucified, archeologists have revealed. The ring was found 50 ...

A 2,000-year-old street believed to have been created under the orders of Pontius Pilate has been found in Jerusalem. A research published in Tel Aviv: Journal of the Institute of Archaeology details ...