Influenced by Caravaggio, a rare work by the Baroque artist Diana de Rosa's fetched nearly half a million dollars at ...

The Old Master sale on Wednesday night totalled £14.5m, led by a record price of £2.7m for Florentine artist Lorenzo di Credi ...

The architecture of a cave in Israel indicates that it was the burial site of a royal family member linked to Herod the Great.

Maxim Didenko, one of Europe’s leading directors will bring a new production of Oscar Wilde’s Salome to the West End this autumn, a co-production with Theatre Royal Haymarket and Gesher Theatre.

View Salome receiving the head of Saint John the Baptist (19th Century) Circle Elsheimer Adam; oil on copper; unframed: 24 x 19.3 cm.; 9½ x 7⅝ in. framed: 31 x 26.3 cm.; 12¼ x 10⅜ in.; . Access more ...

View Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist (19th Century) By Diana de Rosa; oil on canvas; unframed: 127.5 x 99.7 cm.; 50¼ x 39¼ in. framed: 151.6 x 124.8 cm.; 59¾ x 49⅛ in.; . Access more ...

“The Church observes the birth of John as in some way sacred; and you will not find any other of the great men of old whose ...

A volunteer searching the archives of the American Baptist in Massachusetts has found a nearly 180-year-old document shedding ...

New research suggests that a burial site once venerated by Christian pilgrims likely belonged to a member of Herod’s dynasty rather than a New Testament figure ...

ORIGINAL: RESERVE, La. (WGNO) — Deputies with the St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office are investigating a shooting that left a 17-year-old dead in Reserve on Thursday, June 12.

St. John the Baptist, the forerunner of Christ, is one of only three people in history — after Jesus and Mary — whose birthday is celebrated in the Church’s liturgy.