Have you ever wondered if the cat purring on your lap could be descended from a feline companion of Egyptian pharaohs or ...

Just outside My Tho City, Vinh Trang Pagoda features massive Buddha sculptures recognized globally for their scale and ...

A 1,000-year-old statue of Buddha revealed a mummified monk inside when it was sent to the Drents Museum in the Netherlands for some restoration work. The remains of a human being were discovered when ...

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Editor's Note: This story was updated on March 3 at 10:10 a.m. E.T. A Chinese statue of a sitting Buddha has revealed a hidden surprise: Inside, scientists found the mummified remains of a monk ...

A Dutch collector who says he bought the Zhang Gong Patriarch — an ancient Buddha statue containing the mummified remains of a famous monk — has been ordered to return the stolen relic to its ...

the 1,000-year-old Buddha statue with the remains of a mummified monk inside, which upheld the ruling of first instance that Dutch appealer Oscar Van Overeem should return the statue, indicating ...

Chinese villagers have demanded a Buddha statue be returned at a Dutch ... say the statue is a 1,000-year-old relic that holds the mummified remains of a monk and disappeared in 1995.