Scientists have confirmed that the pigment used is cinnabar, a valuable mineral historically linked to religious rituals, art ...

Without organized traditional religion, Americans are inclined to fill the void with something far worse than “love thy neighbor.” ...

The recent transfer of cultural artifacts, including several Tibetan Buddhist relics, from the US to China may help advance the Chinese government’s efforts to distort Tibet’s history and appropriate ...

Armed with anecdotes, historical evidence, maps and slides, the author-historian outlined India's ancient soft power in his ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s engaging “Recasting the Past” exhibition looks at the antiquarian spirit in China since the ...

Amit Sharma “To understand the Himalayas is to understand the pulse of the Earth itself” a famous quote by the Indian ...

Shortly after dawn, more than 200 monks from an order of Tibetan exiles carry carefully bundled scriptures and 108 gold-gilt Buddha statues in a long procession toward the site revered as Siddhartha ...

Buddhism underpinned the construction of religious monuments in brick through ... Trading networks linked the Pyu ancient cities with commercial centres in Southeast Asia, China and India. Through ...

We will learn how archaeologists and codebreakers deciphered these inscriptions as well as the basics of the writing systems themselves, from Mesopotamian cuneiform to Egyptian hieroglyphics to ...

A team of about 150 restorers fuses scientific analysis and traditional techniques to clean, patch up and otherwise revive ...

Under the guidance of Professor Chen, Anna takes up brush and ink, capturing the beauty of Tiger Spring Park as she paints in ...

The empress, like many other rulers at the time, legitimized her reign through Buddhism, portraying herself either as a ...