while the Greeks used the golden eagle as a symbol of Zeus. In ancient Europe, oak trees were seen as a sacred symbol of wisdom, strength, endurance, and knowledge, as their wood is incredibly ...

Artist Lisa Schoefer travels throughout Europe, brush and canvas in hand, to paint buildings and places that bore witness to the EU’s democratic development. The UK reportedly demands access to ...

The Court of Justice of the European Union had previously ruled that employers could bar workers who interact with clients from wearing religious symbols. But in this case, the woman had little ...

The European Commission has rejected calls for a proposed Europe-wide ban on Nazi symbols to be extended to cover Communist Party symbols as well. EU justice commissioner Franco Frattini said it would ...

Check out Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4. With few exceptions, ancient humans painted the same 32 symbols in caves all over Europe. Paleoanthropologist Genevieve von Petzinger asks: What were they ...