At the top stands the Pieta of the Grotto of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, Marthe Spitzer’s stunning sculpture of Mary cradling the body of Jesus as the Magdalene weeps at her feet. If you walk 30 ...

The painting measures less than 15 inches tall and just over 5 inches wide. The verso of the panel includes part of a Marian prayer. Sotheby's New York A tiny portrait of Mary Magdalene by ...

In a revelation that seems ripped from the pages of Dan Brown's 2003 bestseller 'The Da Vinci Code', scholars have just identified what they believe to be the visage of Mary Magdalene in 'The Last ...

That might be why scholars just can’t quit chasing down the truth about Mary Magdalene. Mary Magdalene is one of the most recognizable—and misunderstood—figures of the Bible. Scholars have ...

The photographs show an authentic medieval reliquary containing a skull that the Vatican has recognized as an authentic relic of Mary Magdalene since the Middle Ages. However, challenges to the ...

Mary Magdalene is one of the best-known figures in the Bible and has been a frequent inspiration to artists and writers over the last 2000 years. However, her identity has provoked much debate.

Magdalene, appearing in scripture only fourteen times, belongs to a tangle of at least six women named Mary. This multitude of Marys leaves considerable room for disagreement over which Biblical ...

The story takes viewers to first century Galilee, where a young Mary Magdalene likely lived on her own in a small fishing village on the nearby sea. Some details about her life remain ambiguous.

A Renaissance (c. 1524) oil-on-panel painting depicting Mary Magdalene transferring ointment from a maiolica pharmacy jar to a smaller vessel. Now located at the Walter's Art Museum in Baltimore ...