Many of these women endured torture and a few chose suicide for defending their reputation. Their being abused was regarded as a humiliation by later generations of historians in ancient China. This ...
In India, dance acts as a powerful vehicle for politics, philosophy, festivals, rituals, identity, and entertainment. But what kind of dance competitions among gods, apsaras, and royal dancers are ...
However, the ancient wording, dating back to between 230 ... “Such inscriptions in amulets were usually written in Greek or Hebrew,” he noted. And while little is known about the man who ...
The Adiyogi statue, dedicated to Lord Shiva, is a modern marvel at the Isha Yoga Center in Coimbatore. It was unveiled in 2017, and is about 112 feet tall. The statue’s design, created by ...
The ruins of an ancient Greek monument — filled ... column unearthed at the site Photo from the Greek Ministry of Culture A marble statue of a male figure Photo from the Greek Ministry of ...
The British colonisers who travelled to India from the 18th century onwards were steeped in the Classics; they knew their Greek and Latin (if not the languages of India) and quoted liberally from ...