EditorialKristyn Leach, who owns and operates Namu Farm, shows visitors around the farm in Winters, Calif., April 4, 2021. (Christopher Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialUr-Namu Stele. Ur, (Near Eastern) Mesopotamia. Stone. Ur III Period. Reign of Ur-Namma (ca. 2097-2080 BC). Upper register: god Nanna holding a short staff and coil. Lower register: servant helps the king carry tools to craft the ceremonial first brick....
EditorialLife of Nichiren: A Vision of Prayer on the Waves, Edo period (1615?1868), ca. 1835, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 8 7/8 x 13 3/4 in. (22.5 x 34.9 cm), Prints, Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797?1861), The story of the life ...