In the immediate vicinity of Hiroshima, along the coast of the Japanese Inland Sea Seto, lies Itsukushima, a small island of great significance to Japanese history and culture. Itsukushima is home to the most important Shinto shrine in this part of Japan, which is why the island is also known as Miyajima, derived from the … Read more
Archaeological research conducted by the Mexican National Institute of Anthropology and History in Teotihuacan, the ancient City of Gods, has taken a completely new direction with the use of robots. The first robot, “Tlaloc I,” named after the god of celestial water or fiery rain, one of the important deities of ancient Central American cultures, … Read more
On my last trip to England, I was lucky to visit the ancient Winchester Cathedral. A millennia-old center of pilgrimage and religiosity, the place where the present-day Gothic cathedral was built in the 11th century on Norman foundations, still visible at the intersection of the church’s aisles. It was the seat of shrines that disappeared … Read more
