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No ideological links connect the NEH grantees who lost their funding. The cut was so deep and wide—eliminating 85 percent of all existing grants—that the reasoning seemed to extend beyond the narrower ...

Periods including “fish emerge from the ice” in mid-February and “rainbows hide” in late November offer a framework for ...

Adare Manor is “an acre short of Central Park”, enthused the guide taking our small group on a horse-drawn tour of the estate ...

I’m a believer. Not in a higher power, but in the power of sacred spaces to move, challenge, educate and uplift me.

Chief among them is the National Palace Museum, which houses the most extraordinary collection of Chinese art ... Tiger Pagodas on Lotus Pond, in which larger-than-life dragon and tiger sculptures ...

It’s a painted statue ... as global art foundations. International experts have trained Basgo’s villagers in conservation methods using local materials, such as mud brick and stone-based ...

Nestled in the picturesque Kaimur district of Bihar, the Maa Mundeshwari Wildlife Eco Park stands as a groundbreaking example of how architectural ingenuity and ecological preservation can ...

We spotlight the timepieces that went beyond precision—embracing beauty, history, and emotion at the world’s leading ...

Zimbabwe is the house of stone, both literally and figuratively, with its very name derived from the ancient stone city of ...