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  1. Traditional Himalayan ‘Viagra‘ fuels caterpillar fungus gold rush

    ... Plateau. Located high in the Himalayan foothills along Nepal's northern Gorkha District border with China's Tibet ... incomes from farming, grazing, timber sales and odd jobs. Nepal’s Gorkha District ( manaslucircuittrek.com ) With ...

    aprilholloway - 04/11/2014 - 00:38

  2. Ancient Text Prescribing Ways to Conceive a Baby Boy Included in New University Textbook in India

    A new university textbook in India has included a controversial, ancient recipe that supposedly formulates a sure way to conceive a boy. The text encourages women who want to conceive a boy to find two north facing branches of a Banyan tree that has grown in a stable, take precisely two grains of urad dal and mustard seeds, mix all the ingredients with curd, and consume the mixture.

    ancient-origins - 09/05/2017 - 18:52

  3. Incredible Discovery Reveals Birthplace of Buddha

    ... will become one of the most significant discoveries in Nepal in decades, archaeologists have found the birthplace of ... the birthplace of the Buddha," said Ram Kumar Shrestha, Nepal's minister of culture, tourism and civil aviation. "The government of Nepal will spare no effort to preserve this significant ...

    aprilholloway - 26/11/2013 - 05:41

  4. Nadi Shastra: Ancient Leaves of Destiny

    ... palm-leaf manuscript in Sanskrit (828 AD). Discovered in Nepal, the bottom leaf shows all the vowels and consonants of ...

    Enrico - 17/02/2020 - 19:45

  5. Happy Holi: Ancient Legends Behind India's Colorful Celebration

    ... evil. Women preparing the Holika Dahan bonfire, Kathmandu, Nepal. ( CC BY 2.0 ) Why Do People Throw Colors at Holi? ...

    dhwty - 20/03/2019 - 00:43

  6. Breastfeeding Beliefs: From Invincibility to Universal Creation

    ... Ceramics Shed Light on Ancient Sexuality Sculpture of Nepal breastfeeding. ( Nabaraj Regmi / Adobe Stock) The ...

    dhwty - 01/12/2018 - 18:50

  7. Siddhartha Gautama: How The Father of Buddhism Walked From Suffering to Enlightenment

    ... Siddhartha Gautama was born in Lumbini in modern day Nepal . His parents were of the Shakya clan and members of ... Tharlam Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal. (Wonderlane/ CC BY 2.0 ) In the same way that ...

    Caleb Strom - 01/05/2019 - 22:47

  8. The Laughing Buddha: The Eccentric Monk, God of Plenty and Patron of Bartenders

    ... as the Buddha, was born in 6 BC, in what is now modern Nepal. He lived the comfortable life of a young prince until ... possibly slightly malnourished.  Indeed, in India, Nepal and throughout Southeast Asia, Buddha is commonly ...

    MartiniF - 29/07/2016 - 19:00

  9. 13th century rock carving of yogi in self-realization pose discovered in India

    ... from the Indus Valley to many parts of India, Tibet, Nepal and eventually to the entire world in more modern ...

    Mark Miller - 11/10/2015 - 21:53

  10. Deep Mining the Mythology of Ganesha and the Ancient Temple Well

    ... god. Ganesha.Heramba-Ganesha with consort, 18th century Nepal. ‘ Heramba Ganapati’ was another popular mode of ... five-headed iconographical form. Particularly popular in Nepal this form is important in Tantric worship of Ganesha. ( ...

    ashley cowie - 12/11/2018 - 13:59

  11. Unraveling the Secrets of Bronze Age Thread: Textile Reveals Highly Advanced and Complex Process Used 3,800 Years Ago

    ... Mummies Have a Lethal Secret Recent Textile Discovered in Nepal Sheds Light on How Far South the Silk Road Actually ...

    ancient-origins - 31/07/2018 - 01:50

  12. Archaeologists discover tomb of ancient man in India who had achieved mukthi

    ... Two Hindu sadhus near Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal. Usually sadhus live by themselves, on the fringes of ...

    Robin Whitlock - 23/06/2015 - 14:21

  13. Metropolitan Museum releases thousands of ancient images

    ... of Herakleion, Crete. Chakrasamvara Mandala on cloth. Nepal (ca. 1100 AD) This mandala, or ritual diagram, is ... These deities are important to the Newar tradition of Nepal as well as in Tibet, embodying the esoteric knowledge ... one of the earliest large-scale paintings to survive from Nepal. Reproduction of the "Ladies in Blue" fresco. Emile ...

    aprilholloway - 19/05/2014 - 14:42

  14. Ten of the Most Critically Endangered Languages in the World

    There are 195 countries in the world, but a staggering 7000 living languages. UNESCO’s list of endangered languages, which functions in a similar way to the lists for endangered animals and plants, with a sliding scale ranging from “vulnerable” to “extinct” - has predicted that more than half of these languages will be extinct by 2100.

    Sarah P Young - 09/02/2019 - 22:55

  15. Ashoka the Great: From Cruel King to Benevolent Buddhist

    ... not only most of present day India, but also Bhutan, Nepal, and Bangladesh in the east, as well as Pakistan, ... Domain ) and an Ashoka Pillar at Tilaurakot, Lumbini, Nepal. ( CC By SA 2.5 ) By: Ḏḥwty References Ashoka, The ...

    dhwty - 21/10/2015 - 03:54

  16. The History of the Tibetan Empire and Its Dazzling Rise to Prominence

    ... several Asian countries, chiefly India, China, Bhutan, and Nepal. But did you know that at one point the Tibetan Empire ... but also scientific and cultural developments from India, Nepal, and China. Furthermore, he is credited with creating a ...

    Aleksa Vučković - 10/02/2021 - 18:01

  17. An Ancient Rice Field and a Lost Palace: Archaeologists Get a Double Dose of Luck in China

    Archaeologists working in China have been pretty lucky recently. One of the discoveries they have made may be the oldest wet rice field in the world. Another is the possible location of the imperial palace of the Yuan dynasty -  a mystery which has stumped archaeologists for years.

    Alicia McDermott - 12/05/2016 - 00:48

  18. The Mandate of Heaven: Morality Influenced the Rise and Fall of Chinese Emperors

    The Mandate of Heaven is a philosophical concept found in the ancient Chinese civilization. It suggests the emperor’s authority came from Heaven itself and gave him a divine right to rule. The Chinese Emperor was considered the ‘Son of Heaven’, but if he could not fulfill his duties he would lose his holy lineage.

    dhwty - 11/05/2018 - 23:02

  19. Bodies of Ancient Monks Found in Sudan Were Stripped of Their Flesh Before Burial

    ... a 1,200-year-old skeleton of a young man in a cave in Nepal that had also been defleshed. The lead researcher of ...

    Theodoros Karasavvas - 24/01/2017 - 01:45

  20. Hopes, Fears, Progress…and Maybe DNA? Unravelling the Real Meaning of Jacob’s Ladder

    Jacob’s Ladder is the common term (particularly in the West) used to describe a bridge that connects Heaven and Earth. More broadly speaking, the ladder represents an ancient symbol of unknown origins that appears in cultures from Scandinavia to China and dates at least as far back as the civilizations of Mesopotamia. Today, some would argue the ladder symbol reflects ancient knowledge of DNA as well.

    Kerry Sullivan - 08/03/2017 - 18:50

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