It was actually a diamond encrusted crown of thorns. According to reports, the crown actually yielded 8,000 diamonds. It was made by Tiffany & Co. and cost a reported $200,000.

The Crown of Thorns relic, believed by many to be the real crown worn by Jesus Christ, was brought to France from the Holy Land by Louis IX in the 13th century.

The Crown of Thorns has been taken into safe-keeping (Picture: AFP) Tunic of Saint Louis The simple garment, said to have been worn by Louis IX as he brought the Crown of Thorns to Paris, was also ...

Banner image of a rare short-spined crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster brevispinus) found in the Philippines. Image by Matt Kieffer via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

The Crown of Thorns is named in three of the gospels as one of many tortuous instruments used while Christ is being mocked during his trial and punishment (Matthew 27:27–30, Mark 15:16–19, and ...

The Crown of Thorns will be displayed for the public from 10 January, French media reports. According to the Bible, the Crown of Thorns was used by Jesus's captors to cause him pain and mock his ...

The treasury of Switzerland's Abbey of Saint Maurice is filled with centuries of artifacts, including a reliquary containing a thorn from the crown of Jesus Christ.

This collection of shimmering but empty 19th-century reliquaries (containers for holy relics) included a bejewelled but transparent casket for the Crown of Thorns. While the reliquaries were conserved ...

The Crown of Thorns remained in this royal chapel until the French Revolution. In 1790, some of the relics were safely delivered to the abbey of Saint-Denis and, in 1806, Archbishop Jean-Baptiste de ...

On December 13, the Crown of Thorns will enter Notre Dame once again and take its place inside this luminescent altarpiece. A jubilant ceremony, orchestrated by the cathedral chapter with the help of ...

After its relocation from Jerusalem and then Constantinople, the Crown of Thorns remained in Paris for nearly 800 years. It has spent most of this time in the stunning Sainte-Chapelle.