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

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 ...

It’s a divine sign in an ancient legend, according to which the god Huitzilopochtli asked a group called the Mexica — who ...

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

Ayodhya’s ancient flag, lost for millennia, is set to return with these sacred symbols to the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple.

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

A steady stream of spiritual pilgrims—mostly women—are drawn to the island’s ancient temples and its museums, home to the curvaceous prehistoric figurines seen as symbols of creation and renewal ...

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

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

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

Researchers found hidden symbols on Roman glass cups that reveal shared workshops and collaborative craft networks across the ...