Presents a sacred journey of India, covering its historic temples and shrines, exploring the history and stories behind each place, and examines the Hindu religion.
Evocative essays describe religious sites and explain the spiritual significance of each as well as it connections with religious leaders and holy figures. Color photographs and paintings capture the detail of cathedrals, mosques, and ancient shrines.
Explores the mysteries of the stone megaliths, Earth etchings, lost and abandoned cities, and pyramids and burial grounds found throughout the world, discussing questions of how and why they were created.
Presents a variety of North American Indian creation myths and discusses how the "first houses" described in these myths set the pattern used by the tribes for their own homes and ritual structures.
Explores the mysteries surrounding some of Earth's ancient sites and discusses the role of scientific innovations such as DNA evidence, NASA aerial-imaging techniques, and acoustic research methods have in unlocking those mysteries.
Provides accounts of over 100 sacred places around the world, discussing how and why they became holy, the people who used them, and the rites performed at each location, and includes maps pinpointing more than 1,000 sacred sites.
A collection of poems about different places around the world that are considered sacred by various cultures, including Mecca, the Ganges River, and Christian cathedrals.
Describes Uluru, formerly known as Ayers Rock, in Australia's Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, its plant and animal life, and the country's Aboriginal people for whom the site is sacred.
