Dec 5th, 2008 · A piece of the Parthenon has come home. During theWorld War Two occupation of Greece, an Austrian soldier took a marble fragment from a frieze in the ancient temple above Athens. His granddaughter, who inherited the stolen treasure, returned it this week. Greece is fighting to get back more of the Parthenon — the Elgin Marbles — from the British Museum. Still, it welcomed this small piece as a symbolic return.
Sep 11th, 2008 · Armed with a visual-arts background, the Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter writes music draped in vivid imagery and colorful textures. Temple recruits the Mountain Stage house band to back him up in a live performance.
Jul 28th, 2008 · The U.N. accidentally reignited a long-standing feud when it designated an ancient temple on the border of Cambodia and Thailand a World Heritage Site. For centuries, both countries have claimed the temple as their own.
May 13th, 2008 · Five bomb blasts ripped through markets and other crowded areas Tuesday in Jaipur in western India. The first explosion hit near a temple packed with worshippers, killing at least 30 people.
Jan 9th, 2008 · Lively Alsatian eatery Bofinger -- the city's oldest brasserie -- dishes up a grand dining experience in a Belle Epoque setting. Paris correspondent Eleanor Beardsley says it's both a historic symbol and a temple to the French way of eating.
Nov 25th, 2007 · A six-part series on the source of India's great river begins in the Himalayan village of Bhaironghati, where villagers prepare to take a statue of the goddess Ganga to her summer temple.
Sep 27th, 2007 · Singer-songwriter Luke Temple has drawn lofty comparisons during his career: Paul Simon, Nick Drake and Jeff Buckley have all functioned as reference points at some point or other. Hear an interview and in-studio performance with the songwriter.
Aug 15th, 2007 · After a year and a half of painstaking construction, one of the world's largest Hindu temples opens this month in Lilburn, an Atlanta suburb. Thousands of people from across the country are expected to come for its dedication.