Leprosy carried powerful stigma in medieval Europe, but new skeletal evidence from Danish cemeteries suggests the sick were not always pushed aside in death. In medieval Denmark, burial location ...

In medieval Denmark, death could double as a display of status. The closer your grave lay to a church wall or inside a ...

A group of Buddhist monks are walking 2,300 miles from Texas to Washington, D.C., to promote peace and mindfulness. The monks, accompanied by a rescue dog, have continued their journey through ...

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LAWRENCEVILLE, Va. (WWBT) — Buddhist monks walking halfway across the country in the name of peace are now trekking through Virginia. The monks are currently walking through southern Virginia as part ...

RICHMOND, Va. — A group of Buddhist monks on a 2,300-mile Walk for Peace will make their way to Dinwiddie County on their third day in Virginia. The Walk for Peace, which began in Texas in October and ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A group of Buddhist monks on a 2,300-mile journey to Washington, D.C., has entered Virginia, continuing their trek through severe wintry weather. About two dozen monks and their ...

Medieval monks lived lives centered on prayer, labor, and surprisingly large amounts of alcohol. Beer and wine were safer than contaminated water and were consumed daily. Monasteries became major ...

The monks are completing a 120-day, 2,300-mile "Walk for Peace" from Texas to Washington, D.C. Despite extreme winter weather, the pilgrimage has drawn massive crowds and overwhelming public support ...

The cross-country Walk for Peace trek undertaken by Bhikkhu Pannakara and a group of 19 Buddhist monks (and a rescue dog named Aloka) is slowly weaving its way through the lower Mid-Atlantic region ...

HIGH POINT, N.C. (WGHP) — Buddhist monks are making the next leg of their journey across the nation, and they’re officially in the Piedmont Triad. The Walk for Peace is officially in Greensboro as of ...