Is there a greater testament to artistic endeavour than Florence? The Tuscan city positively brims with museums, galleries ...

The forest ridge trail above the village of Rinchenpong in west Sikkim is a treasure trove of Buddhist culture and ...

Conceptual artists are using performance to create unsettling and thought-provoking experiences, often involving the viewer as a collaborator in the art piece ...

Filip Lech and Patryk Zakrzewski present an overview of Ukrainian records released in Poland and with certain Polish tones.

Medieval monks lived harsh, exhausting lives that looked nothing like modern stereotypes. Clean water was rare, so beer and ale were safer to drink. Alcohol was consumed daily, sometimes from morning ...

Researchers are using an instrument at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory to uncover the original text of reused parchments. Jacqueline Ramseyer Orrell / SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory A ...

On a Liverpool street is a mysterious medieval relic hiding in plain sight. Just a stone throw away from a children’s park and Picton Clock in Wavertree, Monk’s Well, a Grade II listed holy well, can ...

WASHINGTON D.C., DC — A group of Buddhist monks, accompanied by their rescue dog Aloka, crossed into Virginia on Wednesday, continuing their Walk for Peace. The group reached Gasburg later in the day ...

RUTHER GLEN, Va. — Before sunrise, under a pale winter moon, a crowd gathered outside Wright’s Chapel United Methodist Church searching for peace. Supporters arrived quietly in the cold, waiting for ...

Walking 3,200 miles throughout the South can wear you out. On Thursday, the 19 monks doing so took a break for lunch before resuming their trek on U.S. Highway 64 toward downtown Pittsboro. Onlookers ...

Catholic author Emily Stimpson Chapman offers a personal glimpse into the colorful world of monastic wine, journeying through monasteries in Italy, France and Spain as windows into Europe’s spiritual ...