Dome Mosaics of Martorana (Palermo, Sicily)

Cultural Insight: Buddhist Prayer Beads

Hidden Gem in Istanbul: The Deesis Mosaic in Hagia Sophia

Downtown NYC Gem: SoHo & TriBeCa’s Cast Iron Architecture

The Oldest Mosaics in Venice’s St Mark’s Basilica

Visiting Varanasi (Benares): History, Sunrise, and the Ghats

A Guide to Eating Thali in India

Cosmology Shapes Design of Angkor Wat Temple

Sri Lanka: Dambulla Cave Temple (Video)

In this video, we take a walk through Sri Lanka’s magnificent Dambulla Cave Temple 2 (Cave of the Great King), which is filled with the country’s premier 18th century Kandy style sculptures and paintings.

Sri Lanka: Polonnaruwa Vatadage (Video)

Explore Sri Lanka’s 12th century Buddhist vatadage (covered stupa temple) in Polonnaruwa. This video of the Polonnaruwa Vatadage is produced in conjunction our guidebook on the subject “Sri Lanka’s Cultural Triangle: Anuradhapura, Sigiriya, Polonnaruwa, and Dambulla.”