Depictions of the bee appear very early in the development of coinage in ancient Greece, which may have started in Ephesus.

The Rod of Asclepius remains a symbol of health and medicine around the world to this day. Asclepius was a demi-god son of ...

Gaurav Gupta was forced to cancel last season’s couture show in Paris after a devastating fire destroyed his atelier in Delhi ...

In the Western culture, snakes are often associated with temptation, sin and evil forces, famously symbolized by the serpent in the Bible who lured Eve into eating the forbidden fruit. It is also ...

As the Year of the Blue Snake unfolds, I find myself reflecting on the symbolic meanings of the serpent across various cultures. In Western traditions, the snake is commonly associated with sin and ...

The gold burial mask of the ancient Egyptian king Tutankhamun on display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. AMIR MAKAR/AFP Some historians have suggested that the dual qualities of the snake — as both a ...

Chinese New Year celebrates the year of the snake. During this auspicious time, Chinese Christians can take the opportunity ...

ANTY’s new jewelry collection reimagines talismans rooted in Egyptian symbolism.

Ms. Courtney Williams’ seventh-grade Greek Mythology class recently worked on a creative project that blended ancient myths ...

Researchers took samples from the tooth in 2016. The results, not widely disseminated, showed it was from someone in the 5th ...

The snake, revered or feared across global cultures, slithers to pole position in the Chinese zodiac in 2025. Famous snake babies include Taylor Swift and J.K. Rowling.

Festival ushers in the Year of the Snake China is flooded with auspicious representations of the hissing scaly reptile from pythons c ...