Britannia is the national symbol of the UK and can be seen across the country on multiple statues or old pound sterling coins ...

For the ancient Greeks, Aphrodite was about so much more than love and beauty. In politics, business and war, she embodied the natural force ...

Family-friendly events at castles, abbeys, and ancient monuments across Wales have been announced in time for half term. Cadw ...

Roman society was, in many ways, surprisingly sophisticated. It built remarkable things like aqueducts that snaked over long ...

Summer is, perhaps counterintuitively, the season when many of us find ourselves with our nose constantly in a book. Warm ...

Between the spring equinox and Beltane, the fertility goddess Eostre (also called Ostara) is often honored. Flora, the Roman goddess of spring, is another common honoree. Some Irish historians ...

It's true. Virginia's flag and seal depicts the Roman goddess Virtus standing over a slain tyrant. She is wearing a toga with her left breast uncovered. It has looked this way for more than 100 years.

The state flag contains an image of the Roman goddess Virtus, with her breast hanging out of a cloth—which could be considered inappropriate under district rules. Art museums in Texas are also ...

RICHMOND — School officials in one part of the Lone Star State are no fans of the lone nipple on the Virginia state flag, so they have nixed an online lesson that included a picture of the banner.