These Christians belonged to the Church of the East, an ancient church that arose in the Sasanian Empire. The Christian ...

'Water is the principle, the first of all things," said Thales of Miletus, who lived between 624 and 546 BC and is regarded ...

William Dalrymple gives us a near-complete idea of how central India was to everything that happened in the ancient world ...

Many ingredients, like agarwood, clove, and sandalwood, were selected for their therapeutic effects. Sandalwood, for instance ...

The forum, part of the “institutionalization of religion in China,” primarily engages religious elites, thinkers, and experts rather than ordinary believers. It serves as a platform where the ...

In the case of ancient China during the emergence of Daoism and Confucianism, scholar Ruth H. Ching describes the phenomenon of focusing attention on local gods rather than the one god: While the ...

Chinese scholars have unveiled the Ramayana's significant presence in their cultural history. Brought to China through ...

(Rome) – The Vatican’s renewal of its 2018 agreement with the Chinese government should be the basis for improvements in ...

Yet, while most young people learn about Confucius in school, they're not sure about his current influence in fast-moving ...

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then just how illustrative of bygone civilisations are well-preserved artefacts that are millennia old? More than 100 rare and recent archaeological finds ...