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Campanology Word of the Day: Bonshō

A Buddhist monastery in Japan is a rather peaceful place. Monks go about their daily rites and ablutions with dutiful continuity. But as constant and routine as these...

Scholars Propose New Interpretation of Ancient Chinese Bell Metal

A new study in the journal Antiquity, “The Six Recipes of Zhou: A New Perspective on Jin and Xi,” written by A.M. Pollard and Ruiliang Liu and published by...

Now on View: Grayson Perry’s Covid Bell at the Royal Academy of Arts

As the urgency of the pandemic recedes and the world numbs to the entrenched presence of COVID-19 in our lives, what remains is a collective sadness and the indelible...

A Cold Water Cold Case: The Missing Buoy Bells of Maine

It was the summer of 2018. The...

The Carter Center Breaks Ground on Japan-Georgia Peace Bell Tower

Atlanta’s Japanese community took another step toward building a home for what has become known as the Peace Bell with an official groundbreaking ceremony this last...

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