It might not be widely known but the ancient Greeks placed great importance on the way they looked and therefore their physical beauty.

If you’ve ever stood at the ghats of Varanasi at sunrise, watching the golden light dance on the river as priests chant ancient mantras, you know this feeling: the sense that God is not somewhere far ...

India is a land of many presences—visible and invisible, ancient and evolving. To walk its roads is to encounter a mosaic of ...

While the most widely known part of Sebeiba is the dance competition on the last day, the nine days leading up to it are also ...

Organizers said the ceremony must be performed before the Jewish Temple can be rebuilt in Jerusalem, ushering in a messianic ...

Native leaders say the courts have not treated religious rights equally, pointing to the current fight over Oak Flat.

Poland's 'Polish pyramids' reveal ancient engineering marvels, offering a glimpse into the sophisticated burial practices of ...

Priests in the Christian West Bank town of Taybeh have called for an immediate and transparent investigation following a ...

The United States has the ability to help reverse the ethno-religious cleansing of Armenian Christians and negotiate the safe ...

The Tiwanaku civilization thrived high in the Andes Mountains long before the Inca Empire started. Located near Lake Titicaca in Bolivia, the millennia-old city of Tiwanaku was built almost 13,000 ...

The history of encounters between Catholicism and Native spirituality has often been marred by violence and oppression. But ...

Over 6,000 years old and still a site for worship, Stonehenge remains a unique place. As the first rays of the sun shine into the Stone Circle at the recent summer solstice, thousands of worshippers ...