A Hindu pilgrim stood anxiously next to a bus stand in Mustang, Nepal. “I’m going to burn my passport,” he told me. “I’m going to destroy all my documents and cross the border. I came ...

All of the tallest mountains in the world are located in Asia, either in the Himalayas or the Karakorum ranges. Of the 10 ...

The highest mountains in the world”, as the enthusiastic in-flight brochure called them, quite correctly. It was for my ...

The tradition of draping the Kiswah around the Kaaba is centuries old. The accounts of its origins vary, but according to a widely held view, the first to cover it entirely was Tabu Karab Aswad, the ...

Mountain monk's quest to restore glory of sacred peak Mt. Hiko in Kyushu was once a major center for Japan's Shugendo religion. Its significance has faded in the modern era but one devotee has ...

Sacred Heart University is a private Roman Catholic university in Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Founded in 1963 by the Most Reverend Walter W. Curtis, Bishop of the Diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut, ...

Photo by Ivan Rojas, via Pexels Throughout history, snakes have appeared in mythologies and spiritual traditions around the world. From the Ouroboros of ... By understanding and embracing the sacred ...

The acceptance of international cinema has been on the rise in recent years, as movies like RRR, Anatomy of a Fall and Parasite have become popular not just with critics and awards bodies, but with a ...

Here, AD rounds up famous buildings from around the world that you’ll be glad you’ve seen when you look back on your travels. It’s been said that travel is the only thing you can buy that ...

Quick take: The Seed Of The Sacred Fig directed by Mohammad Rasoulof ... achievement that will leave an indelible mark on the world stage.

her organization “remains concerned that the consolidation of land around the perimeter of the mountain range lacks sufficient long-term protections against private development that could permanently ...

Meanwhile, China is busy digging beneath the mountains to build the world's longest motorway tunnel in an ambitious three billion pound project. The groundbreaking 13-mile-long tunnel, named ...