Ancient Persians believed the sky was blue because it reflected a massive sapphire beneath the Earth, giving the stone cosmic symbolism. Kings, priests, and rulers wore sapphires to signal wisdom, ...

From Kokopelli to the Eye of Horus, some icons popular today have lost their original meanings. Millennia from now we’ll be gone, but symbols from 21st century culture may endure. Perhaps a future ...

Goddess Durga's sacred symbols inspire modern jewelry plus fashion designs plus home decor patterns bringing spiritual energy into daily life. Research shows the trident represents three aspects of ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered pieces from 27 fragmented statues of the lioness goddess Sekhmet at a dig site in the country's southern city of Luxor. The experts found the black granite ...

Cleopatra may not have been ancient Egypt's only female pharaoh of the Ptolemaic dynasty -- Queen Arsinoë II, a woman who competed in and won Olympic events, came first, some 200 years earlier, ...

Spring/April/the time of the equinox is the time of celebration of the ancient spring fertility festival honoring the goddess Eostre (Ostara, Oestera). This celebration, of pagan origin, pays tribute ...