The gold burial mask of the ancient Egyptian king Tutankhamun on display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. AMIR MAKAR/AFP Some ...

The Rod of Asclepius remains a symbol of health and medicine around the world to this day. Asclepius was a demi-god son of ...

The ouroboros is an ancient symbol of a serpent consuming its own tail, seen across multiple cultures and time periods. Its ...

While Cleopatra famously killed herself by snakebite in 30 BC, Augustus, bringing Egypt under direct Roman control, aggressively embraced the symbolism of the serpent to bolster his sense of ...

PARIS - Paris department store Le Bon Marché has a long history of working with artists, and this season tapped Brazilian ...

Bellagio’s Conservatory & Botanical Gardens is ushering in the Year of the Snake with a vibrant holiday display highlighting the serpent’s symbolism of intuition, transformation and charm.