A flipped Roman glass cup revealed symbols once thought decorative but now understood as ancient makers’ marks. In the quiet atmosphere of a museum gallery, Hallie Meredith noticed an unexpected ...

Through tapestries of fringed strips of fabric, Abdoulaye Konaté explores the contemporary relevance of ancient signs and ...

Five native Thai cat breeds have been crowned national pet symbols, a move celebrated by breeders but met with both optimism ...

The inundation of water was more than just provision for crops and fields: the Egyptians called the event the coming of Hapy, ...

Indologist Lalit Mishra played a key role in rediscovering the ancient flag's significance, highlighting its lost heritage ...

The Pecos River murals are a stunning collection of monumental, multicolored rock paintings in limestone rock shelters across ...

Flowers, often part of Minoan and Egyptian art, were symbols of life, the afterlife, and rebirth, according to a study of ...

In the earliest text written in Marathi, a language of millions in western and central India, a 13th-century religious figure ...

Indologist Lalit Mishra rediscovers Ayodhya's ancient flag from a Mewar painting, confirmed in Valmiki Ramayana. The flag, ...

The craftsmanship on the spears shows some were likely used in battle, while one may have just been a status symbol.