After the first known Greek philosophers (in Meletus) speculated about the basis reality, Parmenides and Empedocles expanded mental horizons further beyond the visible world
The first known Greek philosophers focused on aspects of the physical surroundings that people could observe with the eyes and measure. This befit the natural
This torso of a standing Buddha statue from the 14th century in the northern Thai town Chiang Saen is different from what Westerners are used
Bangkok quickly grew after it was founded by the new Chakri Dynasty in 1782, but it never developed into a grid pattern like Chicago or
The first time I arrived in Bangkok, it seemed to have its own logic—or illogic. Gleaming skyscrapers were unevenly spread among low-rise apartments, single-family homes,
The Khmer Rouge tried to stamp out religion in the late 1970s. Monks were forced to disrobe, pick up hoes, and labor in rice
Greek gods and Indian concepts of the universe’s vastness never cease to wow, but- -a look at the Buddha’s footprints in Wat Pho reveals
After China’s Han dynasty disintegrated in the early third century CE, a succession of warlords became emperor wannabes, but their rules were short lived. Turkic-speaking
A lot of people have heard of Nanjing because of the massacre in 1937-8. But the city has a rich history that goes back
Many people in the Roman Empire by first century CE were looking to metaphysical realms for meaning and well-being. Its magnificent forums left a lot