Researchers have claimed that Christ disciple Mary Magdalene may have been hiding in plain sight in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel masterpiece for nearly 500 years. The sneaky figure’s identity ...

Michelangelo was just five years old in 1480 when Pope Sixtus IV commissioned the building of the Sistine Chapel. The chapel was part of a glorification of the Vatican carried out by Sixtus.

Measuring 45 feet by 40 feet, it was painted onto the whole altar wall of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City by Italian artist Michelangelo between 1536 and 1541. The masterpiece shows several ...

Mary Magdalene may have been identified among the 300 tangled figures depicted in Michelangelo’s celebrated Sistine Chapel masterpiece after a centuries-long hunt. Sara Penco, an Italian art ...

Our Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Secret of Secrets guide walks you through how to find the Sistine Chapel safe code and what you get once you have it. If you’re just looking for new quests ...

Dating back to 1471, the Sistine Chapel Choir is one of the oldest choirs in the world and is comprised of about 20 men and 30 boys. Advertisement Most Read Stories ...

In something resembling Where’s Waldo for a Renaissance masterpiece, an Italian researcher is confident she has located a depiction of Mary Magdalene in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel.

It's no secret that the Vatican prohibits filming inside the Sistine Chapel, and the headquarters of the Catholic Church was ...

A former director of the Vatican's Sistine Chapel Choir was convicted of embezzlement on Tuesday, sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to pay back 127,000 euros ($133,000) in stolen funds.