The Confederate Flag atop a monument in front of South Carolina's Capitol has come down, following weeks of impassioned debate in that state about history, symbols, race and how badly this country ...

Pineapples were all the rage in the 1700s. The word "salary" is derived from the word "salt," which was once an emblem of social status. In Victorian England and Ireland, fake crumbly ruins called ...

The 20th century gave us works that defied traditions across the arts: for instance, Igor Stravinsky’s 1913 The Rite of Spring, a ballet whose setting, in a pagan world, and enactment of human ...

Give Me a Sign examines the fascinating histories behind many of the symbols that instruct, protect, entertain, empower and connect people. Marking the 50th anniversary of the Symbol Sourcebook, this ...

Ancient figurines carved from animal bones hint at a lost chapter of human history 40,000 years ago. Archaeologists analyzing more than 3,000 etchings on 260 prehistoric relics have uncovered one of ...

People are getting a tattoo of a supposedly ancient Celtic symbol for new beginnings… and it seems that it isn't real! Many Celtic symbols do indeed date back hundreds, if not thousands, of years. The ...