Splendid sculpture and painting from LACMA's permanent collection was packed up about eight years ago. Finally, it's back on ...

Jade may have a calming aura, but this crystal also carries strong ancestral frequencies and karmic weight—which can amplify, ...

UNESCO World Heritage Sites, numbering 1,223 globally as of 2025, celebrate culture, history, and biodiversity. Italy leads ...

The devotional art of Jainism, Buddhism and Hinduism share many similarities, even some gods. To understand why, you need to examine the ancient Indian origins of these religions and their ...

Both Hebrew and Chinese emerged from pictographic origins. Before alphabets and phonetics, their letters and characters were ...

The Dalai Lama turned 90 on Sunday surrounded by thousands of followers, who thronged the Himalayan town of Dharamshala.

In ancient myth and modern metaphor, the worm represents more than just a creature it symbolizes decay, fear, and forbidden knowledge. To Kill the Sacred Worm unravels a tale of destruction ...

It shapes character. The Embodiment of Virtue Chinese philosophy, especially influenced by Confucianism and Taoism, teaches that calligraphy reveals the moral character of the writer.

Throughout human history, our relationship with animals has been complex and multifaceted. Many creatures that regularly appear on our dinner plates today once held sacred status in ancient cultures, ...

Layers of sacred reflections Centuries of artistry turned the Mogao Caves into silent witnesses of China's unfolding cultural and political saga, Zhao Xu reports in Dunhuang, Gansu.

While “roses are red” in a familiar poem, new evolutionary genetic analysis by Chinese and Dutch researchers has revealed that the first roses were likely yellow.