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Inside the sacred danger of Thailand's caves

  • Written by Andrew Alan Johnson, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Princeton University
Family members pray in front of a Buddhist statue near the cave where 12 boys and their soccer coach were trapped in northern Thailand.AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit

For the past two weeks, a global audience has been transfixed by the drama of 12 boys and their coach trapped within Tham Luang Nang Non, a cave deep underneath the mountains that form the...

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