In Tokyo's Asakusa area, the Matsuchiyama Shoden temple is dedicated to Kangiten, the Japanese version of Lord Ganesha. This ...

The pieces are part of the heads of Naga, archaeologists said, a guardian deity thought to have sheltered the Buddha from ...

Experts are carefully uncovering traces of the original paint and fragments of gold leaf that once adorned the 2,000-year-old ...

BOTTOMLESS PIT!!! DANGEROUS ANTIQUE BOTTLE DIGGING IN ALABAMA!! Intense overnight flooding in Italy prompted at least 1,000 people to evacuate Thursday. At least two people are reported missing.

From royal elephant stables to singing stone pillars, the architectural wonders of Hampi have enchanted travelers for ...

But to ask a monk to imbue an old medium format camera with good fortune and protection was apparently a first! "I blessed a ...

The mysterious Sibylline Books were a number of secretly kept Greek oracle collections that the rulers of Ancient Rome ...

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If the Gods mend their ways -- the village gets rain or good fortune -- they are welcomed back from exile. Farsu Salam, a member of Bhangaram Temple Committee, says, "If villagers believe that the ...

LOS ANGELES -- Pat Sajak, the longtime host of "Wheel of Fortune," has added another accomplishment to his iconic resume. The recently-retired 77-year-old won outstanding game show host at the ...