Padua’s botanical garden in northern Italy traces its history back to 1545 and lays claim to be the oldest in existence. In ...

2000 years ago, the Roman writer Ovid wrote a long poem based on Greek myths that gained immortal fame. In “Metamorphoses” (from the Greek word meaning "transformations") the poet tells ...

Metamorphosis is a Hentai manga by artist Shindo L which has created a lot of buzz recently. Sharing its name with Kafka's original classic, it explores similar themes and is extremely graphic ...

Five men searching for meaning in their lives accept a challenge from the Benedictine monks of Worth Abbey to live according to the monks' rules for 40 days and nights.

Meteora is a rock formation located in Greece, and houses one of the largest — and most remote — Eastern Orthodox monastery complexes in the world. The monasteries date back to the 14th ...

The name of the monastery Pskov-Caves hints to us that the monastery has caves. ‘Pechory’ translates as ‘caves’ in English. Perhaps, they may have appeared naturally. The first monks began ...

On the north side of the Himalaya sits the partially reconstructed Tibetan Buddhist monastery of Rongbuk, once the largest monastic center in the region. Rongbuk is the power place through which ...

The Monastery of Jerónimos or the Jerónimos Monastery, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Lisbon's Belém district. Exemplifying Portugal's Manueline style – a highly ornate style of ...

The Monastery of Paleokastro (or "Old Castle") is an 18th-century nunnery on a verdant hill near the village of Ano Mera. It provides a respite from the bustling environment of Mykonos proper ...

The Metamorphosis of the Amazon sheds new light on the complex history of the Ecuadorian rainforest, revealing how oil development and its social and ecological repercussions triggered its ...