Shared meanings create institutions with real power. They also enable us to construct personal narratives that give our lives ...

I love to fall asleep with a book nearby,” says the “Autobiography of Cotton” author. “Dreaming and reading merge in ...

ThatsThem reports that U.S. state seals reflect unique identities through motifs symbolizing values like resilience, liberty, and agriculture.

Hawks offered women both real and symbolic means to express gender, power and status within a male-dominated world.

The Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs offered magical protection to people in this life and the afterlife, and inscribed the signs on monuments, statues, funerary objects, and papyri.

António Costa on January 29 visited Van Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature), a symbol of Vietnam’s tradition of ...

Baek Se-hee, the acclaimed South Korean author known for her poignant memoir 'I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki,' has tragically passed away at the age of 35. Her groundbreaking work captured ...

A triangle isn't just a shape; it's a statement. But most brands get it wrong, falling for clichés about strength and dynamism. This brutally honest guide explains what triangles communicate—from ...

Contemporary literature has experienced a remarkable renaissance in mythological storytelling, with authors worldwide drawing from ancient narratives to create compelling modern works. This literary ...

My grandmother, like everybody’s grandmother, was an old woman. She had been old and wrinkled for the twenty years that I had known her. People said that she had once been young and pretty and had ...

The Trump administration has been accused of quoting a white supremacist who was backed by a Neo-Nazi group, as part of its social media campaign to recruit immigration enforcement agents. "This ...