The intrepid archaeologist found his Homeric city, but he also came across something else: the swastika, a symbol that would later be manipulated to shape world history. Heinrich Schliemann ...

BBC Bitesize explores three symbols that represent perseverance and the possibility of change across history. The ginkgo tree is one of the oldest living species of trees in the world and has come ...

“The symbol can live in any community or any history independently of how it ... for independence during and immediately after World War II. Symbols like the flag associated with the Ukrainian ...

I started doing seminars on the history of mathematical notation, and I had every student study one symbol and explain its origin. I found that those students who are falling asleep in class ...