These symbols connect to an intricate web of signs that stretches from ancient Egypt through medieval secret societies to today's corridors of power. These aren't meaningless decorations ...

These 'inheritances' can reveal a lot about the power dynamics of the region; for example, the use of foreign symbols on ubiquitous objects such as cylinder seals would have been affected by a state's ...

The bald eagle, a symbol of the power and strength of the United States for more than 240 years, earned an overdue honor on ...