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In 'Aflame,' Pico Iyer finds a new language in silence
Recalling the trauma of losing his worldly goods, the novelist and travel writer uses silence as a path to peace amid ...
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'Altar tent' discovery puts Islamic art at the heart of medieval Christianity
A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to conceal their high altars. The 700-year-old fresco is thought to be the only ...