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 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.

New research reveals Teotihuacan’s sacred mountain held 34 stone monuments linked to storm gods and ancient calendrical ...

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, ...

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 20 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath extended Diwali greetings on Monday, describing the festival as a "beacon of hope" for the soul and a ...

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 ...

Canada's Unknown Soldier — a casualty of the First World War — was brought home to be interred in Ottawa 25 years ago, and ...

PANO - In Abyei, a remote land still bearing the scars of conflict, the flag-raising ceremony of the Vietnamese “blue berets” ...

Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, expects 12 million visitors this year as it approaches the anniversary of its ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed gratitude for the warm and reverent reception given by the people and leadership of Bhutan to the Sacred Relics of Lord Buddha, recently brought from ...