Each bore ceremonial centers where theocratic rulers practiced a complex religion based on a host of gods ... Using the labels on or below the map below, visit 15 of the better-known Maya sites.

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no one stands outside a social and cultural world. Each of us judges human reality according to a set of adopted and adapted moral criteria based on such factors as nationality, education, social ...

Most of the quotations are taken from translations in World Scripture: A Comparative Anthology of Sacred Texts, published by the International Religious Foundation (New York: Paragon House, 1991). • ...

According to the WPR, the states with the highest rates of violence against women are: In a statement shared with Newsweek, the Oklahoma Attorney General's Office said the state is "plagued by ...

The beliefs we hold develop from a complex dance between our internal and external lives. Our personal-level cognition and ...

His comments reflect an apparent toughening of his views on an issue that could reshape the diplomatic map of the Middle East ...

The Plaza del Obradoiro is quite the place. Dominated by the Catedral de Santiago de Compostela’s exuberant west facade – all ...

It is incumbent on the right to speak clearly against Nazi apologists, racialists, antisemites and the progressive right who ...

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear issued an executive order to ban "conversion therapy," a discredited practice that attempts to ...

Two sophisticated attacks targeting the Lebanese armed group’s members blew up pagers and walkie-talkies. The operations were ...

Legend has it that a headless sculpture of the god Yaxachtun at the site formerly terrified the local Lacandon people, who feared that the world would end when the head was replaced. With its ...