Nearly a century ago, Danish archaeologists traveled to the site of the ancient city of Hama, a region that was occupied for close to 8,000 years. Hama, now in modern-day Syria, was first occupied ...

A Tulsi mala is also used as a jaap mala for chanting mantras. As the rosary has 108 beads, plus a ‘guru’ bead, it becomes a connection to the divine, and the sacred number of 108 has several ...