The symbols may represent a naming system. Archaeologists in Scotland shed “genuine tears” upon discovering a stone covered with geometric carvings that the Picts, the Indigenous people of the ...

But how did the letter become the symbol that commonly represents the unknown? Terry Moore’s TED talk takes us back to the origin of “the unknown thing,” explaining how its translation from ...

At 11am on November 11, 1920, in London, the coffin bearing the Unknown Warrior paused for two minutes’ silence at the new Cenotaph in Whitehall before continuing its journey to Westminster Abbey.

Algebra today is a branch of math in which abstract symbols are manipulated ... letters to represent the unknown. For instance, a typical problem in the algebra book “Sumario Compendioso ...

Bart Ziino has received funding from the Australian Research Council. The tomb of the unknown soldier in the Hall of Memory at the Australian War Memorial might seem to the casual visitor the ...

It also explores the ongoing role of his tomb in national remembrance. The Unknown Soldier's anonymity makes him a symbol of all Canadians who made the ultimate sacrifice in war. Forging a ...