The third largest mosque in the world was inaugurated in Algeria
It’s also Africa’s largest, but critics view the mosque as a vanity project for a former president who tried to name it after himself. Al Jazeera reports. Cars drive past the Djamaa El-Djazair or the Great Mosque of Algiers [Anis Belghoul/AP Photo] Algeria has inaugurated the world’s third-largest and Africa’s largest mosque,…
Sensation!? Egypt’s Oldest Papyri Detail Great Pyramid Construction
CHRISTOPHER KLEIN Egypt’s oldest papyrus fragments, which detail the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza, have gone on public display in Cairo. In 2013, a joint team of French and Egyptian archaeologists discovered a remarkable find in a cave at the ancient Red Sea port of Wadi el-Jarf—hundreds of inscribed papyrus fragments that…
Brazil: 9,000-year-old Human Skeletons and Over 100,000 Artifacts
Surveyors in Brazil were appraising a site identified for the building of a new apartment complex. However, they downed tools, and called in archaeologists when they started finding bones and shards of pottery. Now, a multi-layered archaeological site has been revealed which has yielded 43 human skeletons and in excess of 100,000 artifacts. …

Buddhism (Hinduism)

Ravana-Dahan could not defeat evil. Tragedy in India

photo: PTI Over a thousand people had gathered in the area to witness the burning of Ravana effigies, reports suggest…

6 years ago

Hindu government changes Muslim name of historic city from Allahabad to Prayagraj

Authorities in India's most populous state have changed the Muslim name of an historic city to one with Hindu overtones…

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Mogao caves at Dunhuang. China

Religious Turism wants to introduce you the most remarkable monument of Chinese Buddhism in the caves of Mogao. The Mogao…

6 years ago

Guide to Spiritual and Religious Journeys in Québec

  A bookseller and publisher, Ulysses Travel Guides, has published an interesting guidebook for the province of Quebec, Canada. A…

6 years ago

#Save Oleg Sentsov! Sign a petipion! Підпиши петицію!

Save Oleg Sentsov   Sign This Petition Needs 16,683 signatures by September 8, 2018 to get a response from the White House Crimean filmmaker Oleg…

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Comfortable and informative presentation. Travel through the centuries through the map!

Employees of Penn Musem (USA) have created a very handy interactive map. Thanks to her you can get acquainted with…

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Де можна побачити Руки Бога?

150-метровий "Золотий міст" (Cau Vang)  збудували у  провінції Da Nang, Вьєтнам. Незвичайну конструкцію підтримують дві величезні кам’яні руки "Бога", повідомляє…

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A Buddhist temple in Beijing built a robotic monk

Correspondent techcrunch.com reported: The robotic monk is facing a wall, charging up when I first approach the Longquan Temple’s booth…

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Автори відомого блогу про подорожі загинули у Канаді

Фото загиблих опубліковані на сторінці краудфаундингової платформи GoFundMe У Канаді загинули троє відомих тревел-блогерів. Вони впали з водоспаду, інформує "ВВС…

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In which countries are the most religious young people?

Young people are more religious than their elders in only two countries – Ghana, and the former Soviet republic of…

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