Cecrops, Athens’ first king, banned bloody sacrifices and reformed worship with laws, morality, and symbolic offerings.

For more than a millennium, Orthodox Christian monks have woken up in the predawn darkness to start their day with prayer at ...

The Eye of Horus is frequently found in ancient Egyptian burials, particularly on wedjat amulets.

A 4 c. BC Greek fresco bearing striking similarities to the traditional portrayals of the Virgin Mary has been discovered in ...

These rules help in identifying and writing chemical symbols consistently across all elements. The symbol serves as a shorthand notation for each element's name in formulas and equations ...

Charm, romance, seduction… the oleander (Nerium oleander) or desert rose has long been featured in myth. In the language ...

“Humphrey’s more a symbol of the war ... Then there’s the matter of Greek-American millionaire Tom Pappas, who was an important backer of Nixon’s campaign against Kennedy, and of Spiro ...