As any Jewish child learns, his faith, like others, is filled with symbols, traditions, rituals, rites, and words that only time and practice will make familiar. In Judaism, a different language, ...

As a new exhibition looks at the concept of the loop, Joobin Bekhrad discovers how one symbol had different meanings in ancient Egypt, Hindu mythology and Renaissance alchemy. The oldest-known ...

It stood for strength, eternity, and the backbone of the gods—but the Djed’s true meaning goes deeper than most realize. This ...

Scholars have recently question whether ancient Indus inscriptions code for language. American and Indian scientists used statistics to show that the 4,500-year-old Indus symbols' pattern follows that ...

What does the word 'infinity' mean? The word infinity is derived from the Latin word "infinite", which means infinity and has no limit or end. As a result, infinity has become a popular and very ...

Since ancient times, people have created art, jewelry, and even tattoos featuring powerful symbols of love. Symbols of love have served as powerful reminders of the importance of love to people in a ...

A researcher claims to have decoded an ancient set of symbols found in Iraq that have long puzzled experts. Image from the New York Public Library For over 100 years, archaeologists have been ...

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 ...

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