The Cologne Cathedral houses the Shrine of the Three Kings, a reliquary which tradition says holds the bones of the Biblical ...

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not three men), they were not kings, and they did not hail from the Far East. Historical, biblical and archeological evidence paints a very different picture of the Gospel’s "Wise Men from the ...

Debates on who these men referred to in the Bible were, and whether they even existed, have continued for centuries By the fourth century, an unnamed Syrian writer had named the three magi and ...

In the centuries since, the three magi have been interpreted as kings. According to the Book of Matthew, a bright star led the magi from the east until it stopped “over the place where the child ...

The three wise men, or three kings, are traditional figures in every Nativity set — one king on a camel, one kneeling at the manager and one standing with a gift in his hand. These wise men are ...

The wise men arrive in Jerusalem from an unnamed location “in the East,” led by a star and in search of a new king. They make their way to Bethlehem, where they bow before Jesus and offer ...

Christmas nativity scenes around the world feature a familiar cast of characters: Jesus, Mary, Joseph, an angel or two, some barnyard animals, shepherds and, of course, the three wise men led by a ...