Centuries ago, the Maya storm god Huracán taught that when we damage nature, we damage ourselves
Huracán was once a god of the K’iche’, one of the Maya peoples who today live in the southern highlands of Guatemala. He was ...
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Windsor Mill sculptor Junius Wilson reveals his backyard Egypt to public
Junius Wilson, the outsider artist, shows off his work in Egyptian garb as he prepares for show at the American Visionary Art ...
Accept our king, our god − or else: The senseless ‘requirement’ Spanish colonizers used to justify their bloodshed in the Americas
The Requerimiento, a 16th-century document, sheds light on the deeper ideas and laws that the Spanish used to take over the ...
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The Eight Avatars of Ganesha
These doshas are also present in gods and it is through them that the demons were born. Ganesha has an elephant head and trunk in every avatar but he trades his mouse-y vahana Mooshik for other ...
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Babylonian Map of the World: The oldest known map of the ancient world
At the world's center sits the Euphrates River and the ancient Mesopotamian city of Babylon ... is a block of text describing the creation of the world by Marduk, the chief god of Babylonia. The ...