Researchers have recently made groundbreaking progress in decoding mysterious symbols found on ancient tablets, potentially unlocking secrets of ancient civilizations. These discoveries could ...

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 ...

For centuries, hieroglyphs have helped historians piece together the beliefs, rituals, and everyday lives of ancient ...

Cylinder seals from Ur, c. 2450 BC, Penn Museum, Philadelphia, USA In the first article of this series, I provided a brief historical overview of the Neo-Assyrian, Urartian, and Achaemenid empires, ...

For the past three centuries, Southern Illinois has been connected to a country an ocean and a continent away and to a Biblical event separated in time by almost 4,000 years. This link to Egypt and ...

The Faravahar is arguably the best-known symbol of the Persian Zoroastrian faith. This symbol consists of a winged disc with a man emerging from it. The man is shown holding a ring. Whilst the symbol ...

Today, in honor of Black History Month, we are featuring a Detroit-based artist who incorporates the influence of North Africa into wearable art. His company is called The Ancient Craft, and he crafts ...

Today, we are bombarded with a never-ending stream of images and logos and symbols. In this time of overstimulation, how do you create symbols that stand out? One designer is looking to the past for ...

MEREDITH: NEW TONIGHT, THEY MIGHT SEEM INNOCENT -- MEMES WITH CARTOON FROGS OR TATTOOS WITH ANCIENT SYMBOLS, BUT SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN TAKEN OVER BY EXTREMISTS. JIM: AND THESE AREN’T YOUR TYPICAL ...