It is easy to minimize the importance of symbols in culture. Art tends to focus on existential symbolism, leap-frogging over the ways in which we interpret symbols constantly, in the form of letters, ...

A nearly 130,000-year-old bear bone was deliberately marked with cuts and might be one of the oldest art pieces in Eurasia crafted by the Neanderthals, researchers say. The roughly cylindrical bone, ...

Symbols surround us everywhere, from the heart emoji we send in texts to the complex iconography in renaissance paintings. They're the visual shorthand that lets artists pack entire stories, emotions, ...

Newly uncovered cave art in Europe has revealed that Neanderthals were capable of symbolic expression long before modern humans arrived, rewriting the story of human cultural origins. Researchers ...

LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Gallery at Bristol-Myers Squibb in Lawrenceville today opened Signs and Symbols: Journey of the Spirit, the opening exhibit for 2005. The exhibit will remain ...

An ancient symbolic art form has gained Ukraine its latest place on UNESCO's list of intangible cultural heritage. 1 These earrings and bracelet are intricate examples of ornek, a Ukrainian art form ...

In a discovery reshaping the understanding of prehistoric cultures in Eurasia, archaeologists found an 8,400-year-old stone human figurine in Damjili Cave, located in the limestone hills of western ...

The last Ice Age ended about 11,700 years ago, turning the world on its head. Suddenly, forests sprouted up where snow once lay, and wildlife roamed the thawing landscape. The ancient humans who lived ...