They may appear morbid by today’s standards, but at the turn of the 16th century, they were the height of fashion: palm-sized ivory carvings of skulls, mirrored by human faces, that represent ...

The Middle Ages, known for castles and knights, came to an end thanks to revolutionary military technology, and one of the key symbols of this shift is the star fort. These unique fortifications, ...

As a new exhibition looks at the concept of the loop, Joobin Bekhrad discovers how one symbol had different meanings in ancient Egypt, Hindu mythology and Renaissance alchemy. It is perhaps ...

“The salamander was a symbol of ardent passion because they believed that it could withstand the heat of a fire, and so this is a Renaissance love token of really exceptional quality,” Edwards ...