Containers of Moravian cookies for sale at the North Carolina Museum of History gift shop on Feb. 28, 2023, in downtown ...

The Jesus Fish is one of the most recognizable Christian symbols today, often seen on car bumpers, jewelry, and church logos. While many believe it originated as a secret symbol during Roman ...

Agrarian societies, historically reliant on favorable conditions in nature for their survival, created these rituals to ward off evil and misfortune, she said. Carnival revelry has for centuries ...

The Tower of Babel was a symbol of the might of the ancient city of Babylon, but why does it no longer exist? Or did it ever.

Currency symbols are more than mere symbols—they are the gateways to understanding the global financial landscape. As world citizens, we encounter currency symbols daily, whether planning a trip ...

This word has appeared in 58 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence? By The Learning Network This word has appeared in 16 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year ...

His devotion to the city’s grandeur stemmed from his deep piety—he was a fervent worshiper of Marduk, the supreme deity of the Babylonian pantheon. In the Epic of Creation (Enuma Elish), Marduk is ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Once, Diet Coke’s image was about calorie counting, breaks and well-defined abs. Today, it’s the rocket ...

But the heart hasn’t always just been a symbol of romance. Across cultures and centuries, the heart has been revered as the seat of the soul, a source of supernatural power and a vessel of identity.

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- There are 12 animal symbols that represent the Chinese zodiac. The signs rotate every year--from year of the rooster to year of the dog, for example--and it's believed that ...

But the heart hasn’t always just been a symbol of romance. Across cultures and centuries, the heart has been revered as the seat of the soul, a source of supernatural power and a vessel of identity.