Given that the newsfeed these days reads like Yuval Noah Harari on a psychedelic trip, it’s understandable that a brilliant ...

From floating shrines and striking synagogues to golden monuments and sprawling sacrificial sites, these are the most ...

Anatolia Karteras is in the UK for a study-teaching stint while planning her Greek island workshop on mythology and self-transformation. Seven years ago, one could not see this coming.

Inside are several statues of Chinese gods and goddesses, to which people come to pay their respects. This temple, built in 1774, is more commonly knows as Ba Kong Temple, which translates to ...

The River Goddess (Luoshen) is a deity in ancient Chinese mythology, believed to govern the Luo River (modern-day Luoyang area). Her origins trace back to pre-Qin natural worship, eventually ...

The Chinese porcelain dishes and figurines that ... by the cobalt-blue decorations that spoke of places, people, gods and other wonders they could only dream of. The wares kicked off a vogue ...

Lin Ming-teh notes that besides carrying on traditions, craftsmanship in Lukang has been raised to the level of art | ...

Located between Bolivia and Peru, Lake Titicaca is the world’s highest navigable lake—perched at a dizzying 3,812 meters ...

The wellness destination Euphoria Retreat provides services to heal the body and mind in the ancient fortress town of medieval Mystras.

They're often rooted in deep mythology and folklore from around the ... is that this transformation has ties to a myth surrounding Chinese dragons. It's said that a carp who scales a certain ...

Sacrificial public buildings such as a goddess temple, a three-tiered round altar and rubble ... According to Jia Xiaobing, a researcher with the Institute of Archaeology at the Chinese Academy of ...

Called “The Goddess of Mercy,” she was credited with saving the lives of at least 10,000 Chinese refugees during ... literature, mythology, geography, social science, current events, sports ...