The heart as an organ, blood and all As an organ, the heart is most often represented in European art from the Middle Ages onwards in a more anatomically correct manner than the symbol we have ...

After holding a place of honor in the symbolic pantheon of Greco-Roman and early Christian iconography during the first ...

The most comprehensive study of medieval warhorses ever undertaken will be released in the form of a radical new book this ...

One of the Templars’ more enigmatic symbols was their wax seal – two knights riding a single horse. In the Middle Ages, people used seals to protect important communications from forgery ...

Four-leaf clovers, aside from being considered good luck, are said to be symbols of faith, love, hope and good fortune.

Four-leaf clovers have long been a symbol of good luck, likely stemming from the Celts who believed that they were magical ...

BERLIN (JTA) – They date back to the late Middle Ages and irritate to this day: The Judensau (literally “Jewish sow”) is a Christian folk image that depicts Jews sucking on the teats or ...

The symbol will not become universal until the Middle Ages. 2,500-1,000 B.C.E. The Egyptians believe the heart, or the ieb, is the center of life and morality. Egyptian mythology states that ...

Many in the East believe boars were chosen as a symbol of prosperity because of ... metal was scarce and expensive during the Middle Ages, so Western Europeans made dishes and pots out of an ...