The intricately carved crosier, or hooked staff, carried by Bishop Kevin Kenney as a symbol of his episcopal office was ...

New research traces Mesopotamian origins of writing back to trade symbols, shedding light on the evolution of written ...

A link exists between 6,000-year-old engravings on cylindrical seals used on clay tablets and cuneiform, the world’s oldest ...

Some shoot out of the soft rock like reptiles bathing in the sun. Others are mysterious depressions resembling an ancient board game played all over the world. And a few are straight-up puzzling.

Thousands of years ago, our ancestors used symbols to track the sale of textile and agricultural products. New research ...

Researchers have found the origins of writing and explained that the world’s oldest writing system might have come from simple symbols used in trade. These symbols were carved onto small cylinders and ...

The discovery, which includes more than 20 ritual protection symbols carved into its walls, was made by Rick Berry, a long-time volunteer at English Heritage. Over the course of two years ...

A curious bunch of souls joined the Chicago Architecture Center's 90-minute Symbols In Stone tour of Graceland Cemetery, ...

Halloween's most prominent symbols, including cats, witches, vampires and jack-o'-lanterns, are steeped in hundreds of years ...

The structure, carved into a volcanic conglomerate peak about fifteen meters high ... Mateusz Filipowicz was exploring the ...

From jack-o'-lanterns and cats to witches and vampires, Halloween has become synonymous with a set of spooky symbols, and ...