This Friday, the earliest known images of Christ, from the year 240, go on view in New York for the first time, and they aren’t where you might expect them to be. They are part of a remarkable ...

Here’s how it works. The ruined baptistery (right) of the northern church in the ancient desert city of Shivta, where the portrait of Jesus Christ was found. (Image credit: Dror Maayan) ...

In ancient Rome, early Christians often favored symbols or monograms of Christ’s name, possibly because they did not want to confuse Christ’s image with that of the emperor.

The earliest images of Jesus Christ emerged in the first through third centuries A.D., amidst concerns about idolatry. They were less about capturing the actual appearance of Christ than about ...

The Head of Christ, how an image born from creative desperation went on to reach billions.

It was exactly ten minutes after seven on Thursday evening, June 12, that Mrs. Lela Bass, 73, stood combing her long gray hair in the backyard of her white frame house in Port Neches, Texas.

Historian: How we authenticated the photo and why this is the ‘real’ Joseph Smith Community of Christ apostle discusses the vetting of the daguerreotype, the locket in which it was found and ...

The earliest images of Jesus Christ emerged in the first through third centuries A.D., amidst concerns about idolatry. They were less about capturing the actual appearance of Christ than about ...