How Taiwan Became a Refuge for Buddhism

A Sinicized form of the religion has been preserved on the island, where daily life itself now sometimes seems like an ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A Woman Buried in an Elaborate Roman Coffin With Precious Grave Goods Was ‘Clearly Cherished by Her Family and Her Community,’ Archaeologists Say

A new exhibition in Colchester, England, site of the first capital of Roman Britain, explores the "Lexden Lady" and her collection of treasures ...
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Elite Roman woman was buried in a lead coffin with jet hairpins and exotic resins

A burial of an elite Roman-era woman who appears to have been buried with exotic resins has been discovered in Colchester.

Looking at Steven McCluskey’s death in Davis Square escalator

You watch as much as you can stand of the video of Steven McCluskey falling then getting trapped at the bottom of the escalator at the Davis Square station on a frigid Friday morning, his clothes ...