EditorialNuns practice kung fu early in the morning at Druk Amitabha Nunnery, on a hill overlooking Kathmandu, Nepal, Feb. 3, 2023. (Saumya Khandelwal/The New York Times)
EditorialThe earliest known depiction of a Siberian shaman, produced by the Dutch explorer Nicolaes Witsen, who authored an account of his travels among Samoyedic and Tungusi speaking peoples in 1692. Witsen labelled the illustration as a "Priest of the Devil" ...
EditorialEen schaman ofte Duyvel-priester in't Tungoesen lant'. A shaman wearing a headpiece made of the antlers of a reindeer, in a Siberian village. . Noord en Oost Tartaryen: behelzende eene Beschryving van verscheidene Tartersche en Nabuurige gewesten in d...