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Millions of people have had a near-death experience, and it often leads them to believe in an afterlife. Does this count as good proof?
A single knife is sometimes worth more than a thousand armies.
This necropsy represents an early entry in what would become a tradition of performing autopsies to consider an individual’s sanctity.
Many countries' histories are governed by the familiar demographic story of growth, industrialization, and decline. But not France.
Tikal, one of the biggest cities the Maya ever built, was home to a vast and flourishing society.
Is immortality a tantalizing possibility or a philosophical paradox?
The toilet “is a portal to a mysterious otherworld.”
The Persian Constitutional Revolution made unlikely allies and enemies of missionaries, ayatollahs, the shah, and his Russian ambassadors. Its legacy shaped modern-day Iran.
The philosophy of sex is going through a recalibration period.
To this day, one cult believes that Lemuria was real, and that its people left us the sacred wisdom to revive their advanced civilization.
Almost all royal lines try to legitimize their rule with legendary origin stories. Here are five of the strangest examples.
The Te’omim Cave in the Jerusalem Hills is filled with skulls and oil lamps — objects a new study says may have been used in dark rituals.
The debate goes back at least 400 years.
John Templeton Foundation
“It is healthy and normal to be afraid of death."
No, Gandhi did not single-handedly bring about Indian independence. Pacifism alone usually gets you killed.
People discovered prehistoric fossils long before Charles Darwin published "On the Origin of Species." The remains of these unknown creatures often puzzled their discoverers.
A philosophical debate spanning creation, free will, and a sneaky teapot.
Dante’s epic journey through hell and heaven reveal how the poet felt about his own country.
We should acknowledge that there are faith-based myths running deep in science's canon.
Gods and angels have been replaced with hi-tech extraterrestrials.
John Templeton Foundation
The documents that convicted the infamous traitor were all kept in this unassuming leather pouch.
Once a cosmopolitan faith, Islam valued intellectualism and modernity. It was derailed by various geopolitical and religious forces.
Spiritual experiences can be explained in terms of a highly evolved brain. But they also can be extremely meaningful.
John Templeton Foundation
Is there an ultimate answer to the age-old question?
Before Constantine received his history-defining vision, a pagan Sun god paved the way for Jesus Christ’s triumphal entry into the Eternal City.
Man does not live by measurement alone.
John Templeton Foundation
We know that everything changes, but we long for something more permanent.