Matthew Lee Anderson is the author of Earthen Vessels: Why our Bodies Matter to our Faith and The End of our Exploring: A Book about Questioning and the Confidence of Faith. (rachelheldevans.com)
Before the second wedding party we visit the second largest earthen dam in the world, a few kilometers outside Huize. (off-the-beaten-track.net)
Beginning about 6000 years ago, these steppe people herded cattle and other animals, buried their dead in earthen mounds called kurgans, and may have created some of the first wheeled vehicles. (sciencemag.org)