Buddha's profile update.

• Position: RELIGION - Brief article

With 500 million adherents, Buddhism is the world's fifth-largest religion. But very little is known about Buddha himself. Basic facts like when he was born and when he became the "enlightened one" have long been a mystery-until now. A team of archaeologists recently uncovered a timber shrine to Buddha in his birthplace of Lumbini, Nepal. Based on carbon dating tests, the shrine goes back to the sixth century B.C., a full...