This family tattoo parlor has been inking religious pilgrims in the Middle East for 700 years.

This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.

These numerous Israeli caves were dug out over hundreds years for reasons ranging from hideouts to burial sites.

The home of the Dead Sea Scrolls is an abstract modernist dream.

Just outside of Jordan's capital lies an ancient castle and intriguing caves dating back to the Copper Age.

This exceptionally well-preserved ancient marvel also houses a small museum dedicated to Jordanian folk tradition.

A more chill but no less fascinating version of the famous ancient archeological site.

The world's oldest map of the holy land gives us a fragmented glimpse of the layout of biblical nations.

Gladiators battle and chariots race daily in the ruins of a once-great Roman city.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years old and harbors many surprises.

Lord Byron's embalmed body lies within this medieval church.

The encased skull that is widely believed to belong to St. John the Baptist.

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

A hermit's tiny cell built into the cliffside that saved him in South Pembrokeshire.

Some of the saint's blood and bones are said to reside in Dublin.

A boulder in the Churchyard of Down Cathedral marks the legendary burial place of "The Apostle of Ireland."

Legends say that this small island was the final resting place of the Welsh saint of lovers.

The severed head of a 17th-century Irish martyr lies within an intricate golden shrine.

The remains of the left arm of the levitating philosopher-saint are kept in a 13th-century Neapolitan basilica.

These blingy, baubled skeletons lie in glass boxes inside a baroque Bavarian church.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

Mysterious painted skulls in Moravia.

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.