https://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/bible/RSS feed for BibleenTue, 30 Jun 2026 13:31:51 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-vaticans-hall-of-raphael-frescoes-in-the-popes-residence-is-getting-a-much-needed-restoration-with-the-help-of-lasers-180989041/Conservators will spend the next five years cleaning and retouching the Renaissance frescoes, which date back to the early 16th centuryTue, 30 Jun 2026 13:31:51 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-vaticans-hall-of-raphael-frescoes-in-the-popes-residence-is-getting-a-much-needed-restoration-with-the-help-of-lasers-180989041/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rolled-up-in-a-cellar-for-decades-this-artemisia-gentileschi-painting-is-now-up-for-auction-why-is-mary-magdalenes-face-missing-from-the-portrait-180988537/Found in Berlin, the artwork was probably damaged in the chaotic aftermath of World War II. Despite the gaping hole in the canvas, it could sell for upwards of $180,000 later this monthMon, 13 Apr 2026 17:10:03 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rolled-up-in-a-cellar-for-decades-this-artemisia-gentileschi-painting-is-now-up-for-auction-why-is-mary-magdalenes-face-missing-from-the-portrait-180988537/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/typos-have-plagued-us-for-centuries-just-ask-the-publishers-who-printed-the-seventh-commandment-as-thou-shalt-commit-adultery-in-1631-180988353/A new exhibition at Yale Library explores the history of typos across five centuries. Visitors will see corrections that were listed inside copies of works by James Joyce, Upton Sinclair and Nicolaus CopernicusMon, 16 Mar 2026 14:09:39 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/typos-have-plagued-us-for-centuries-just-ask-the-publishers-who-printed-the-seventh-commandment-as-thou-shalt-commit-adultery-in-1631-180988353/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/could-this-portrait-of-an-elderly-man-with-a-young-womans-face-hidden-in-his-beard-be-a-long-lost-study-by-peter-paul-rubens-180988008/When a dealer saw the unsigned painting at auction, he wondered if it might be an original piece by the renowned 17th-century Flemish artist. Experts are divided on the work's attributionThu, 15 Jan 2026 17:39:32 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/could-this-portrait-of-an-elderly-man-with-a-young-womans-face-hidden-in-his-beard-be-a-long-lost-study-by-peter-paul-rubens-180988008/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-bibles-star-of-bethlehem-may-have-been-a-comet-analysis-of-ancient-records-suggests-180987857/An odd star brightened for more than 70 days in 5 B.C.E., according to a Chinese text. The object may have been a comet that looked like it rose, then stood still over BethlehemMon, 15 Dec 2025 17:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-bibles-star-of-bethlehem-may-have-been-a-comet-analysis-of-ancient-records-suggests-180987857/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-the-mona-lisa-of-illuminated-manuscripts-a-600-year-old-bible-covered-in-intricate-illustrations-180987716/Created between 1455 and 1461, the Borso D'Este Bible is currently on view in the Italian Senate in RomeWed, 26 Nov 2025 18:46:10 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-the-mona-lisa-of-illuminated-manuscripts-a-600-year-old-bible-covered-in-intricate-illustrations-180987716/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/for-the-first-time-ever-you-can-see-stunning-centuries-old-murals-at-englands-oldest-hospital-180987472/The biblical scenes by William Hogarth are a highlight of the North Wing at St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London, which is now open for public toursTue, 07 Oct 2025 17:26:28 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/for-the-first-time-ever-you-can-see-stunning-centuries-old-murals-at-englands-oldest-hospital-180987472/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/these-salacious-artworks-chronicle-the-history-of-adultery-from-biblical-punishments-to-royal-mistresses-180987048/Artists such as Rembrandt, the Pre-Raphaelites and Georgian caricaturists used their craft to examine the morality and ramifications of adulterous affairsTue, 29 Jul 2025 11:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/these-salacious-artworks-chronicle-the-history-of-adultery-from-biblical-punishments-to-royal-mistresses-180987048/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-rare-traces-of-the-first-ancient-factory-dedicated-to-purple-dye-production-180986482/Located at Tel Shiqmona in coastal Israel, the facility turned sea snails into purple dye at an industrial scaleTue, 22 Apr 2025 18:50:54 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-rare-traces-of-the-first-ancient-factory-dedicated-to-purple-dye-production-180986482/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/gutenberg-bible-reunited-with-rare-15th-century-devotional-print-once-tucked-in-its-pages-180986264/Two centuries after they were separated, the print and the Bible are on display together at the Huntington Library in CaliforniaTue, 25 Mar 2025 18:31:53 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/gutenberg-bible-reunited-with-rare-15th-century-devotional-print-once-tucked-in-its-pages-180986264/