Ancient Persians believed the sky was blue because it reflected a massive sapphire beneath the Earth, giving the stone cosmic symbolism. Kings, priests, and rulers wore sapphires to signal wisdom, ...

A physical education teacher at Morarji Desai School in Udupi was terminated after questioning students about their sacred threads and making them perform sit-ups, sparking outrage from parents and ...

A new exhibition in Mexico City explores how the sacred myth that marked the site of the ancient Mexica — or Azetc — capital ...

Soar over the majestic Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet — a UNESCO World Heritage Site and spiritual symbol of Tibetan Buddhism.

A physical education teacher at the Morarji Desai Residential School in Miyyar was dismissed on Sunday after he allegedly forced students to remove their janivara (sacred thread) and wrist threads, ...

This paper examines the development of mourning customs from the early stages of the kibbutz, where the sacred in terms of Jewish tradition was rejected as a matter of ideology, and where secular ...

A new Mexico City exhibition explores how the sacred Mexica origin myth endured conquest, colonization, and centuries of change to central to Mexico’s identity ...

Plenty of musicians have transitioned into acting, but many are fine making cameos in movies, whether as themselves or ...

A migration corridor that allows jaguars and ocelots to cross into the U.S. is the latest border wall construction zone.

The First Chinese Church of Christ in Hawaii features a combination of Hawaiian, Chinese and Japanese architectural elements.

Remember when parachute pants were cool, and the Walkman was the peak of portable music? If you grew up in the 80s, you lived through a unique blend of technological innovation, cultural shifts, and ...

Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia will remain in Aotearoa for six months, which will allow the canoes to wait out the South Pacific ...