From bunny ears to the middle finger, these hand gesture meanings have complicated backstories The history of hand gestures: ...

The Valle Dei Templi, or Valley of the Temples, dominating the hills near the southern coast of Sicily has captivated ...

AN ANCIENT sword engraved with swastikas and forged long before Jesus walked the Earth has been discovered in a Celtic Iron ...

You probably see the dollar bill every day, but have you ever thought about the symbols on the dollar bill and what they mean ...

In the 5th century BCE, Greek historian Herodotus wrote about how syssitia evolved from a Spartan military practice to having deep political meaning in society. Similarly, Plato wrote common meals ...

Bortnianskyi’s influence on Russian culture was so profound that he was immortalized in the Millennium of Russia monument, a mid-19th-century symbol of the empire’s imperial myth. Photo: Regnum ...

WE’RE GOING INTO THE VILLAGE OF DARKMOOR. IT IS PRESENT DAY, BUT THIS VILLAGE HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE THE FIFTH CENTURY. HORROR IS UNIVERSAL TO THE ORLANDO RESORT. HALLOWEEN HORROR NIGHTS ...

A wandering ascetic and religious teacher, Gautama Buddha gave rise to a new religion in the Indian subcontinent during the 5th century BCE. Buddhism focuses on the path of meditation and ...

It is believed that the origin of homeopathy dates back to the 5th century BC. Hemopathy is derived from two Greek words: Homoi, meaning similar, and pathos, meaning suffering or disease.

The Fifth Symphony is regarded by many not only as Shostakovich’s greatest, but also as one of the most powerful and influential works of the last century, and a worthy successor to the 19th ...

The lotus is often understood as a symbol of spiritual purity. The blooming of a lotus is said to mimic the Buddhist eightfold path — it grows from the mud (the cycle of life), it appears clean on the ...