Well-known and obscure writings and historical artifacts that are associated with Jesus.

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• The Dead Sea Scrolls

• The Essene Connection

• Ancient artifacts (burial cloths, crosses, nails, robes, and other controversial items related to Jesus)

Top 10 Jesus-Related Archaeological Discoveries
By John Dominic Crossan and Jonathan L. Reed
BeliefNet
Wednesday, September 24, 2003

The Days of Jesus
Excerpted From U.S. News & World Report Cover Story
By Jeffery I. Sheler
September, 25, 1999

During the past four decades, spectacular discoveries have produced a wealth of data illuminating the story of Jesus and the birth of Christianity. The picture that has emerged overall closely matches the historical backdrop of the Gospels. Included in the article:The skeletal remains of a crucified man in a burial cave at Giva'at ha-Mitvar, near the Nablus road outside of Jerusalem; a hidden burial chamber dating to the first century A.D. that experts believe contains the remains of Caiaphas, the high priest of Jerusalem, who according to the Gospels ordered the arrest of Jesus, interrogated him, and handed him over to Pontius Pilate for execution; and a first-century inscription that indicates Pilate had been the Roman ruler of the region at the time of Jesus's crucifixion.

Interview With Peter Jennings
Concerning the ABCNews Special "The Search For Jesus"
Steven Waldman, editor-in-chief of Beliefnet
June 2000

Three years ago Jennings and producers Tom Yellin and Jeanmarie Condon set out to make a journalistic documentary about Jesus. They spent many hours talking to scholars and walking the historic sites of Israel. The result is a captivating two-hour show that traces the debates about who Jesus was and whether the Bible is historically accurate. Though books and magazines have trafficked in Jesus scholarship for years, "The Search for Jesus" is a landmark for prime-time network television. It is, in a way, not surprising that Jennings and ABC would be the ones to do it. As a former Middle East correspondent, Jennings has long been fascinated by religion. He has been sharply critical of how the media cover religion and likes to boast that ABC is the only network to have a full-time religion reporter. In this interview, Jennings talks about Jesus, the show, and, reluctantly, his own faith.

Is The Tomb Of Jesus Really The Tomb Of Jesus?
U.S. News & World Report
By Thomas K. Grose
November 9, 1998

For more than 1,600 years, a site in the Old City of Jerusalem has been venerated as the tomb of Christ. But scholars have had their doubts. Now, a British archaeologist has completed a 10-year survey of the site -- and concluded that it probably is what pilgrims have long believed. "There is no other place which has as good a claim. Indeed, there is no other place which has a good claim," argues Martin Biddle of Oxford University.