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 ...

From a mace to the Nigerian naira, these symbols signify what power and authority are in Nigeria. Symbols of authority and power exist in both public and private life, at nearly all levels. For ...

June is National Flag Month. It commemorates the official adoption of the flag of the United States on June 14, 1777, by the Second Continental Congress. The 50 stars representing the current U.S.

Humans have a long list of symbols used for spirituality. The beauty of spirituality is that it differs from religion and transcends many different cultures. Many spiritual symbols we see come from ...

You've seen it pretty much every day now for decades, and you've interacted with it just as many times, but have you ever wondered why the power symbol looks the way that it does? There's a joke that ...

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 ...

“Nothing but a symbol? People die for symbols. People have hope because of symbols. They’re not just lines. They’re histories, cultures, traditions, given shape.” ― Roshani Chokshi In an era when ...

The U.S. one dollar bill is one of the most familiar objects in American life, yet its design is packed with symbols that quietly tell a story about power, unity, and national identity. From Latin ...

When a Russian gymnast sported a “Z” on his chest during a medal ceremony that included a Ukrainian rival in an international competition earlier this month, many onlookers may have had no idea what ...

Physicists have long sought to describe the universe in terms of equations. Now, S James Gates explains how research on a class of geometric symbols known as adinkras could lead to fresh insights into ...

On the evening of Aug. 15, by sheer luck, my family and I ended up in front of the National Assembly building watching a concert. One member of our family dreamed of obtaining a light wand that was ...