Founded in the 17th century by the second Je Khenpo, Sonam Wozer, the monastery is revered for its spiritual significance and houses a collection of sacred relics that embody the country’s rich ...

The surface of the white snake, a sacred animal, is covered by white paper used for “shoji” sliding doors. Visitors can write their wishes on an orb-shaped piece of paper, which is meant to ...

The younger son of the first wife of a studio owner, who was shot dead in Jharkhand's Seraikela-Kharswan district a week ago, was arrested after he was found to be the conspirator of the murder ...

When disaster strikes, the end goal is to ensure that First Nations people are handling and restoring artifacts, especially sacred objects, which demand reverence and ceremony and which shouldn ...

An excavation site at Olorgesailie reveals stone artifacts found in the sand and silt.[Photo by Zhang Mingxiao/For China Daily] Located 90 kilometers southwest of Kenya's capital Nairobi lies the ...

The bodies of three members of a family with their wrists slit were found under mysterious circumstances at their residence in Kolkata.

A dairy worker in Churchill County was infected with a new type of bird flu, state and federal health officials said Monday. It is the state’s first and only human case. The worker was exposed to ...

The Winnebago Historical Society announced that Mark Egesdal of rural Leland provided Winnebago County Historian Riley Lewis a tour of areas in Winnebago County’s Mount Valley Township where he ...

If you have extra time, The Narrows is worthwhile. With the Zion Canyon's striated, orange-red walls towering 1,000 feet overhead and the Virgin River, the slimmest section of Zion Canyon is known ...