How artists and writers draw inspiration from Ramadan, showcasing traditional and contemporary works that reflect the spirit ...

Maaloula is one of the world's few places where residents still speak Aramaic, the language that Jesus is believed to have used. The town is also home to Syria's two oldest active monasteries. But ...

Already, the war had left bullet holes in religious symbols and artifacts. Paintings and mosaics of ... we didn’t know Arabic.” Now the language is mainly taught at home and is spoken more ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Maaloula is one of the world’s few places where residents still speak Aramaic, the language that Jesus is ...

Ahem. Have you ever wandered around an art gallery and noticed that certain paintings of naked men are far from... generous when it comes to the depictions of the subjects’ appendages?

Currency symbols are more than mere symbols—they are the gateways to understanding the global financial landscape. As world citizens, we encounter currency symbols daily, whether planning a trip ...

Most art historians didn’t believe her claims at first. Moyle knew that Holbein would often include hidden symbols and signs in his paintings, which weren’t obvious to most observers. First, she ...

From afar, her embroideries and paintings could easily be mistaken ... modern ideas are brought to life through the cultural symbols that characterized Sasmita’s upbringing in Bali.