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Peruvian shaman Juan de Dios Garcia and fellow healers gather in Lima to predict 2026. Here’s how the ritual works and where past prophecies hit or missed.

Looking for the best books on Ancient Egypt? Here’s our curated reading list – from beginner-friendly texts to academic classics and engrossing novels.

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Anita Bhagwandas, journalist and author of UGLY; Why the world became beauty-obsessed and how to break free. In the following guest article, Anita explores the great (painful) lengths that our ...