Tiny symbols engraved into ancient Roman drinkware may be more than merely decorative accents. After two years of research, ...

Symbols are fundamental to human cognition and communication, transcending time and culture. They serve as visual or conceptual representations that encapsulate complex ideas, beliefs, and values.

Ancient Persians believed the sky was blue because it reflected a massive sapphire beneath the Earth, giving the stone cosmic symbolism. Kings, priests, and rulers wore sapphires to signal wisdom, ...

An analysis of ancient “nailed heads” from Spain found some local skulls, likely symbols of respect, and foreign ones, likely symbols of intimidation. Photo from the Autonomous University of Barcelona ...

News of ancient Celtic symbols popping up in Spain might come as a surprise to those who think of the culture as being restricted to territories contiguous with Britain. But in ancient times, Celtic ...

When pictures surfaced of James Alex Fields Jr. and others carrying shields with fasces (a bundle of rods or sticks) emblazoned on them at the Charlottesville protests, historians took note. But they ...

Depiction of a relief from Khorsabad, the Assyrian capital during the time of Sargon II. For roughly two centuries, from ca. 900 -- 700 BCE, the Near Eastern empires of Neo-Assyria and Urartu ...

For thousands of years, humans have had to rely on whatever tools they could easily make themselves. While many of these tools were incredible ancient discoveries that revolutionized early ...