A new study reexamines Pontius Pilate's role in Roman Judea using ancient texts, inscriptions, and decades of scholarly ...

Warner Bros. recently acquired Pontius Pilate, a script by Vera Blasi (Woman on Top) about the Roman prefect who presided over Jesus' trial and was convinced by the crowd to sentence Jesus to death. ...

Archaeologists have identified a grand street in Jerusalem that was built by Pontius Pilate, the Roman prefect of Judea who is famous for overseeing the trial and crucifixion of Jesus. The nearly ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yes, Pontius Pilate is the man who oversaw the trial and crucifixion of Jesus Christ. But Ben Daniels, who plays him in NBC’s live ...

Written by Michael Punter. Starring Maxwell Caulfield. The Lost Gospel of Pontius Pilate concerns itself with the dilemma and fateful decision of a Roman governor. Playwright Michael Punter explains: ...

(RNS) I had forgotten until a short time ago when reminded by a friend that Ziggy Stardust also played Pontius Pilate in “The Last Temptation of Christ.” How could I have overlooked that? Yet another ...

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 ...

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 ...