A scholar of early Greek classics explains what the myth of the weapon-carrying god of love, Cupid, a child of the gods of ...

The oldest known cave painting in Africa (and perhaps the world) is a stunning 73,000-year-old cross-hatch pattern on a rock ...

Flowers have long been a powerful form of expression in African American culture, carrying deep meanings in celebrations, ...

City leaders in Gainesville are launching Black History Month with a hat history lesson, jazz music, and dancing at the A. Quinn Jones Museum and Cultural Center ...

The origins of the cards - explored in new exhibition - might surprise many of those who use them for spiritual guidance ...

SANTA CRUZ — While a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University, UC Santa Cruz history professor Elaine Sullivan unearthed ancient ... decipher the meaning of the mysterious symbols.

The intricate carvings of ancient Indian temples feature zodiac symbols with cosmic precision, showcasing the ancient understanding of astrology. These symbols were used for spiritual and ritualistic ...

Message sticks often feature engravings or painted symbols, lines, dots and shapes carefully crafted to convey specific meanings ... Hieroglyphs from ancient Egypt originally started as a ...

Fort William’s military legacy spans centuries, from its role as a British colonial stronghold to its current significance as ...

To encourage the decipherment of the ancient Indus script ... Still, the $1 million meaning of the signs and symbols remains elusive. “What did the Indus people write?” Yadav adds.

Muhammad Yusuf, Features Writer Efie Gallery is presenting Dance Will Be You (Jan. 23 – Mar. 26), a group exhibition ...

“Sentient” is derived from the Latin sentire, meaning “to feel ... peculiar way we explicitly formulate our ideas using nested or recursive structures of symbols"—Stanislas Dehaene, Consciousness and ...