The death of Pope Francis sets into motion a series of rituals, some of which go back more than 2,000 years, including how to choose the new pope. Here's what happens next.

The Cree artist prompts museums and audiences to confront colonial legacies they’d rather forget.

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A belief that Jesus travelled to India and adopted Buddhist teachings and methods has been around since at least the 19th Century when scholars attempted to explain the similarities between Christiani ...

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Anne and Claire Berest wrote “Gabriële” to better understand their great-grandmother and her husband, the French painter ...

The past is a strange place—full of customs, tools, and ways of life that feel almost alien to us today. But every so often, ...