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Portrait of Shakyamuni Buddha

August 23, 2022

archeology·Arts·Cover Story·People·Photography·Religion & Faith

I received this image from a Zen Center in BC Canada. The Nun who gave it said that this is an authentic portrait of what Shakyamuni Buddha actually looked like. You can see that he is wearing baba style earrings, and has a Nepalese / Mongolian face. Underneath in Mandarin…

Wieliczka Salt Mine – A UNESCO World Heritage Site

August 23, 2022

archeology·Travel

Due to falling salt prices and mine flooding, commercial salt mining was discontinued in 1996. The Wieliczka Salt Mine is now an official Polish Historic Monument (Pomnik Historii) and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its attractions include the shafts and labyrinthine passageways, displays of historic salt-mining technology, an underground lake, four chapels and numerous…

Reviver of Buddhism in India – Alexander Cunningham

August 23, 2022

archeology·History·People

Early life and career Cunningham was born in London in 1814 to the Scottish poet Allan Cunningham (1784–1842) and his wife Jean née Walker (1791–1864). Along with his older brother, Joseph, he received his early education at Christ’s Hospital, London. Through the influence of Sir Walter Scott, both Joseph and…

The Most Beautiful Suicide – Evelyn Mchale

August 22, 2022

Cover Story·Lifestyle

Evelyn McHale was an American bookkeeper who killed herself by jumping from the 86th floor Observation Deck of the Empire State Building on May 1, 1947. A photograph taken four minutes after her death by photography student Robert Wiles has become an iconic suicide photograph, referred to as “the most…