The Egyptian ankh—a symbol of life—has long intrigued scholars and conspiracy theorists alike for its resemblance to the ...

“The cross as a symbol goes back to the beginning of Christianity and even earlier. The word ‘cross’ is used symbolically in the New Testament much more than it is literally, to refer to ...

HISTORIANS of mathematics attribute the first use of the cross x as a symbol for multiplication to William Oughtred (“Clavis Mathematicae”, London, 1631). See W. W. R. Ball's “Short Account ...