Canopic Jars from Egypt(Vatican Museum, Rome) When people died in ancient Egypt, if they were rich enough, they paid to have their body made into a mummy. Mummification preserved your body [...]
The Egyptian god Amun is the blue figure in the center.(From the tomb of Rameses VI at Luxor) Why does Amun have blue skin? Amun (or Amon), in Egyptian religion, [...]
Islamic image of Abraham and Ishmael Read parts of the Quran and the Bible. For example, read the story of Noah, or the story of Abraham and Isaac. Read the [...]
A Buddha statue made by kids at Laurelhurst School, Portland Oregon Many people in China after about 500 AD prayed to Buddha as a god. Buddhists often made gold statues [...]
Zen master Bodhidharma sitting alone Bodhidharma: the first Zen master In Zen Buddhist traditions (but nobody really knows), the first Zen master was a Brahman man called Bodhidharma. According to these [...]
Along the River During Qingming Festival (Song Dynasty, 1100s AD) What is Qingming Jie? Like Chinese New Year, Qingming Jie is a Chinese spring festival marking the beginning of spring [...]
A bolt of lightning in the sky Lei Kung was the Chinese god of thunder, and his wife, Lei Zi, was the goddess of lightning. He makes thunder with his [...]
The god Guanyin, from the Liao Dynasty (about 1000 AD) Guanyin and the underworld Guanyin was a Chinese Buddhist god based on a real woman, the way Guanti was based on [...]
Guanti (Ming Dynasty) What's Guanti's backstory? Like Cheng-Huang, Guanti was a god based on a real man. According to the story, he was born poor and when he was a child he [...]
Zhou Dynasty swimmers (Sichuan bronze vessel, ca. 750 BC) from around the time of the I Ching How old is the I Ching? Nobody knows for sure who wrote the [...]
