Inspired by Tergit’s own family history, this account of the rise and fall of a German Jewish clan has an addictive immediacy ...

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While working in the village of Gada Balabhadrapur on the banks of the Daya River in India’s state of Odisha, archaeologists unearthed a three-foot-tall sculpture of an elephant dating to the third ...

The Venerable Bhikkhu Pannakara accepts a gift from Tam Hick from Irmo on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. Hundreds gathered to see the Walk for Peace in as they made a stop in Saluda. Tracy Glantz ...

In Chinese religion, the Jade Emperor isn’t just another god—he’s the final authority. Daoist texts claim he began as a human ...

Yes, Alabama does have monks. The state’s only male monastic community lives at St. Bernard Abbey in Cullman, home to 30 Benedictine monks. There are also cloistered Dominican nuns at the Dominican ...

Jeanne Lim still remembers the letter. A child, disabled and lonely, had carefully printed words on a sheet of paper and ...

Entering a golden age a thousand years ago, Myanmar’s Bagan empire was home to dazzling structures that attracted pilgrims for centuries. Pagodas, topped with finials known as hti, create the thousand ...