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Shiva and his family at the burning ground. Parvati, Shiva's wife, holds Skanda while...
Courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; photograph A.C. Cooper
Seated Buddha with attendants, carved ivory sculpture from Kashmir, c. 8th century...
P. Chandra
Confucius, illustration in E.T.C. Werner's Myths and Legends of China, 1922.
E.T.C. Werner's Myths and Legends of China, 1922
Jesus enthroned as Lord of All (Pantocrator), with the explaining letters IC XC,...
Farrell Grehan/Photo Researchers
Qurʾān with illuminated manuscript pages featuring ink, gold, and lapis, late 18th–early...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Louis E. and Theresa S. Seley Purchase Fund for Islamic Art, 2009 (accession no. 2009.294); www.metmuseum.org
Moroni delivering the Book of Mormon to Joseph Smith, lithograph, 1886.
Everett Collection Historical/Alamy
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