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.

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 ...