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Ten Isolated, Gravity-Defying Monasteries You Can Visit Around the World

Fri, 31 Jan 2025 16:53:08 +0000

Monks have been seeking spiritual enlightenment at these sites on steep cliffs, inside caves and atop an extinct volcano for centuries

Fri, 18 Oct 2024 18:39:42 +0000

The structure—also the earliest of its kind in the Asian country—dates to around 350 C.E.

Fri, 26 May 2023 20:58:58 +0000

Originally thought to be ash, the ancient powdery substance helped researchers identify the building's purpose

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 14:49:51 +0000

Experts discovered a sea-blue canvas by the Armenian American artist concealed beneath another one of his works on paper

Tue, 22 Dec 2020 16:29:12 +0000

A Smithsonian research fellow weighs in on the ways culture proves both vital and resilient

Tue, 24 Nov 2020 16:18:09 +0000

After six weeks of fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenia agreed to cede control of territories in the contested region to Azerbaijan

Fri, 28 Sep 2018 19:34:05 +0000

Armenia! features more than 140 artifacts, including gilded reliquaries, illuminated manuscripts, textiles

Fri, 28 Sep 2018 17:39:34 +0000

Armenia's unique flavor of Soviet Modernism combined socialist design ideals, classical stonework and pink volcanic rock

Thu, 27 Sep 2018 23:04:21 +0000

A new book explores the architectural history of Metsamor, Armenia, once a planned utopia for nuclear power plant workers

Thu, 27 Sep 2018 21:32:28 +0000

The 1000 Leaf Project aims to document Armenia's hundreds of edible plants and mushrooms with help from local residents