Rosemary for remembrance”, goes the saying, alluding to the plant’s long history of use outside the kitchen, both as a purifying herb as well as a symbol of immortality and rebirth. The ancient Greeks ...

Stal Gallery opened its latest exhibition on 13 April in Muscat, presenting “Gilgamesh: Symbols and Connotations” by ...

Step back in time to the ancient city of Alexandria and Meet Hypatia, a brilliant mathematician, astronomer, teacher, and ...

You'd be wrong to think the ancient Greek gods bled red like you and me, as ichor was the substance that defined their ...

From purity to immortality, unicorns have been featured ... the centuries-old symbolism of the mythical one-horned creature. Ancient depictions of the mythical creature date back to the Bronze ...

In a world where we no longer fear the dark but have become obsessed with controlling it, the return of the dire wolf is not ...

Dracula’s curse wasn’t just about bloodlust—it exposed Victorian fears around sex, empire, disease, and repression. The ...

Kashi, Banaras, Benares, Varanasi, these are all the names of Lord Shiva’s nagri, his region, his home. Kashi is one of the ...

Easter, the greatest festival of the Christian church, com­memorates the resurrection of Jesus. It is a movable feast; that is, it is not always held on the same date. In AD 325 the church council of ...

Known as the Awakening of Osiris, the ancient ritual sought to facilitate the deceased ruler’s transformation into Osiris, the god of the underworld, thus ensuring his immortality within the ...