Archaeologists discover two 2,300-year-old Celtic swords encrusted with glass and copper in France, revealing ancient ...

The Djed Pillar is one of ancient Egypt’s most recognizable symbols, often linked to stability and Osiris. But some ...

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The Legend of Korra, where circular constructs orbit bodies like weapons and doctrine, to the forged artifacts of The Rings ...

In the early 20th century, architects and artists like Hugh Ferriss drew on the myths and monuments of ancient Babylon to imagine futuristic skylinesmelding ziggurats with modernism in a visionary ...

Hairstyle depictions in sculptures and paintings Much of what we know about hairstyles in Ancient Greece stems from depictions of literary works and art, such as sculptures, paintings, amphorae, and ...

St. John’s petroglyphs share striking similarities with Taíno pre-Columbian art. Some of the Reef Bay petroglyphs show the double spiral symbol, which is typical of confirmed Taíno pre-Columbian ...

Phaistos Disc: one of archaeology’s greatest mysteries The disk is about 15 cm (5.9 in) in diameter and covered on both sides with a spiral of stamped symbols. The language imprinted on the face of ...

Dating from perhaps 1700 B.C., this amazing find bears a spiral of 242 stamped symbols. Many have recognizable shapes, such as a tattooed head, an arrow, a plane tree, a cat, and a beehive.

The Ancient Cretan Puzzle That’s Left Historians Scratching Their Heads The Phaistos disk is covered in indecipherable symbols. The Phaistos Disk. Photo by Leemage / Corbis via Getty Images.

He believes the spirals were part of an ancient altar. Clasby has a different interpretation of the spirals at Montegrande and Santa Ana-La Florida.