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Art
Call it the return of the deities. After being stolen and smuggled overseas for years, dozens of statues depicting Nepal’s revered gods and goddesses are being…
Geoffrey Peters
Feb 17, 2024
Christianity
Approximately 3,800 artifacts were stolen from Iraq. The U.S. Justice Department announced thousands of priceless artifacts of Iraqi origin which were stolen and smuggled out of…
Christianity
National Geographic’s December cover article is criticized for its bias. The December 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine chucks up rational thought and for the first…
Agnosticism
Peter Manseau is the first religion curator of the Smithsonian Institution since the 1890s. Religion and museums have always had a rough relationship. In the 1930s…
Christianity
Feds investigate Bible artifacts that may have been stolen from Iraq and acquired by Hobby Lobby owners. The owners of Hobby Lobby, who plan to open…
Christianity
Exhibit on religion in Egypt accurately displays how many religions all have the same roots. Many men and women have walked in the lands of Egypt…
Christianity
Archaeologists think they have finally discovered the lost city of Sodom in Jordan. A team of U.S. archaeologists from the Trinity Southwest University headed by Professor…
Buddhism
The earthquakes in April and May were devastating not only for the people of Nepal. Several of the country’s heritage sites were destroyed or damaged. Work…
Christianity
ISIS has stolen ancient religious artifacts and converted churches into torture chambers in their ongoing war. ISIS has, in the past, taken to terrorizing religious groups that…