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The Four Noble Truths are the foundational tenets of Buddhism, which spark awareness of suffering as the nature of existence, its cause, and how to live without it. The truths are understood as the realization which led to the enlightenment...

During the Year of the Four Emperors (69 CE), the fight between Vitellius and Vespasian would ultimately bring about the demise of four legions, the XV Primigenia, I Germanica, IIII Macedonica, and XVI Gallia. All four of these legions had...

The process of determining ethnicity is a problematic venture, even more so when interpreted through the archaeological record. Despite this issue, evidence, such as the four-room house, has been preserved that can be interpreted to represent...

The four-room house, also referred to as “Israelite house” and “pillared courtyard house,” emerged in the central highlands of Canaan during the late 13th -early 12th centuries BCE in response to environmental and socio-economic needs. The...

The iconic image of Kokopelli, the flute-playing kachina spirit of the Pueblo peoples, specifically the Hopi, is easily the most recognizable figure from Native American culture in the Southwest United States but, according to traditional...

A painting of four monks by Claudio Rinaldi (1852-1909 CE). (Dorotheum, Munich)

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, oil on canvas painting by Viktor Vasnetsov, 1887. Glinka National Museum Consortium of Musical Culture, Moscow.

Four-Room House (or Israelite Pillared House), Iron Age

The Egyptian 'Four Dogs' cosmetic palette. Louvre, Paris.

A painted silk scroll depicting the four gods of Mount Koya. 16th century CE. (Tokyo National Museum)