The swastika is now an infamous sign of hatred, extremism, and genocide. But it has a long history and has been used by cultures worldwide to signify good fortune and luck. Carlsberg and Finnish Air ...

High in the misty hills of Appalachia, where old forests stretch for miles and stories travel easily from one porch to ...

What is in a name? The Zodiac, a celestial coordinate system that divides the sky into twelve equal parts, is rich in mythology, symbolism, and history. Each of these segments, or signs, corresponds ...

Occultus, the Latin root for “occult,” points to the hidden and the obscured—an apt source for a word steeped in mystery. For centuries after the term’s wider adoption, it has continued to suggest the ...

Currency symbols are more than just shorthand for monetary units; they are powerful icons of economic identity, national pride, and global trade. This article gets into the history and symbolism ...

Hosted and executive produced by David M. Rubenstein, a patriotic philanthropist who owns a copy of the Magna Carta, the eight-episode program explores culturally significant symbols across the ...

Troops’ use of patches bearing Nazi emblems risks fueling Russian propaganda and spreading imagery that the West has spent a half-century trying to eliminate. By Thomas Gibbons-Neff KYIV, Ukraine — ...