For years, internet users have shared images of a weathered skull inside a gold reliquary shaped like a woman's head, identifying it as the genuine skull of the biblical Mary Magdalene. Examples ...

The post identified the images as showing "Mary Magdalene's alleged skull, displayed at the basilica of Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, in Southern France." At the time of this writing, the post ...

“We are absolutely not sure that this is the true skull of Mary Magdalene,” says Philippe Charlier, a biological anthropologist from the University of Versailles. “But it was very important ...

The golden reliquary from the basilica of Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, in the south of France, said to contain the skull of Mary Magdalene.

Mary Magdalene's skull is protected by an iron grate at the Basilica of St. Mary Magdalene in St. Maximin. It sits above her alabaster sarcophagus. Erika Hobbs/For the Chicago Trib ...

Viral photographs authentically show the real skull of biblical figure Mary Magdalene inside a gold reliquary. Rating: Context: The photographs show an authentic medieval reliquary containing a skull ...

It’s a blackened skull. A scattering of bones. A bundle of human hair. But these human remains have been kept as holy relics in a crypt beneath a basilica of a medieval town in the south of ...

The reconstructed face taken from a skull said to have belonged to Mary Magdalene. Photo / Philippe Charlier, Philippe Froesch / National Geographic The relic is one of the most precious in all ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Science. Followed categories will be added to My News. It’s a blackened skull. A scattering of bones. A bundle of human hair. But these human remains have ...

WAS she a prostitute? Was she Jesus’ wife? Mary Magdalene has generated fascination and controversy for more than 2000 years. Now we may know what she looked like. It’s a blackened skull. A ...