The Burmese meditation master Sayagyi U Ba Khin played a key role in shaping the meditation retreats that are popular today.

History is peppered with examples of invaders and warmongers destroying cultural treasures and historical artefacts.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi sharply condemned Israel's attacks on the country’s historical monuments and criticized the “unacceptable” silence from the United Nations cultural agency, ...

Ongoing efforts by the Trump administration to revise history and how that impacts democracy were the topics of discussion ...

Today we’ll find out about the departure of a giant sculpture of a pigeon that has been perched on the High Line for almost 18 months. We’ll also get details on a first step that could lead to the ...

From Hiroshima to Bamiyan, war has left deep scars on humanity’s heritage. Here are eight heritage sites forever marked by devastating destruction.

Cities are always changing, but some transformations leave a quiet ache behind. The Lost Architecture community shares images of once-grand buildings that now survive only in photographs, offering a ...

Across the globe, iconic monuments and sacred sites—from Bamiyan to Palmyra—bear the scars of conflict, showing how war can erase culture, memory, and history in an instant. Here is a look at seven of ...

The greatest loss in any conflict is human life. Yet war also erodes something equally irreplaceable—the cultural memory of ...

Pakistani jets have bombed several cities in Afghanistan over the past few days. The two countries have been exchanging fire across a contested border, even as several Pakistani leaders have ...

Among the numerous statues of Buddha in Kamakura, the seated bronze statue of Amida Nyorai (Amitābha) at the temple Kōtokuin is the only one designated a national treasure. Familiarly known as the ...