Religion
How the Sun Illuminates Spanish Missions On the Winter Solstice
Today, the rising sun shines on altars and other religious objects at many Spanish churches in the U.S. and Latin America
Archaeologists Are Only Just Beginning to Reveal the Secrets Hidden in These Ancient Manuscripts
A project to scan documents found in the walls of a remote monastery is reshaping our view of the connections between East and West
Is This St. Nicolas' Pelvis Bone?
Oxford researchers have determined that a bone fragment purportedly from St. Nicholas comes from the same century in which he died
Colombia Begins the Christmas Season With These Beautiful Light Displays
Día de las Velitas is celebrated on the day before the celebration of the Immaculate Conception
Presidents From Lincoln to FDR Kept the Thanksgiving Tradition Going
Lincoln started the process of making it a federal holiday in 1863, crystallizing something that had been around since the days of the Pilgrims
Can the Museum of the Bible Deliver on Its Promise?
The highly anticipated museum hopes to offer something for visitors of all faiths, but on a topic as fraught as religion, that may not be possible
From Escaped Nuns to a Knight in Disguise, 10 Facts About the Life and Legacy of Martin Luther
On the 500th anniversary of his 95 Theses, look back at some of the surprising aspects of the man who changed Christianity and the world
Burials Unearthed in Poland Open the Casket on The Secret Lives of Vampires
What people actually did to prevent the dead from rising again was very different than what Hollywood would have you think
Restoration Uncovers Four Figures Hidden in 17th-Century Painting
The discovery sheds new light on the painting’s anti-Catholic message
As Wildfires Rage Across California Wine Country, a Historical Structure Turns to Ash
The iconic Round Barn was destroyed at Fountaingrove, once home to a Utopian community and one of America’s first Japanese immigrants
‘Why ‘The Family Circus’ Was Always So Sentimental
Cartoonist Bil Keane landed on a formula that worked and he stuck to it
World's Largest Online Database of Jewish Art Preserves At-Risk Heritage Objects
Take a tour through the Bezalel Narkiss Index of Jewish Art, which contains more than 260,000 entries from 41 countries
Printer’s Manuscript of the Book of Mormon Sells for $35 Million
Adjusting for inflation, Bill Gates’ $30.8 million purchase of Leonardo da Vinci’s Codex Leicester in 1994 remains the most expensive manuscript sale
400 Children May Be Buried in Mass Grave at Notorious Scottish Orphanage
Death certificates indicate that the children died of illness, malnutrition and blunt force trauma
Washington National Cathedral Will Remove Windows Honoring Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee
Officials said the windows are "an obstacle to worship in a sacred space"
England’s Witch Trials Were Lawful
It might seem like collective madness today, but the mechanisms for trying witches in England were enshrined in law
Thirty Years Ago, People Tried to Save the World By Meditating
Believers in the Harmonic Convergence traveled to places like Chaco Canyon and Stonehenge to welcome aliens, the resurrected Maya and wait for world peace
The "Quaker Comet" Was the Greatest Abolitionist You've Never Heard Of
Overlooked by historians, Benjamin Lay was one of the nation's first radicals to argue for an end to slavery
Ruth Pfau, "Mother of Leprosy Patients," Has Died
Over five decades, the German-born physician and nun treated thousand of patients and got the leprosy epidemic under control in Pakistan
New Analysis Indicates Early Britons Engaged in Ritualistic Cannibalism
A zigzag pattern on an arm bone indicates around 15,000 years ago, humans in Britain may have consumed others as part of a funeral rite
Page 19 of 30