in Ovid’s story of the god Apollo fashioning himself the first laurel wreath. This crown of leaves, which supposedly signified his genius, is seen in the myth of Daphne, who turned into a laurel ...

Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service The seal would leave an impression of Apollo holding a laurel wreath when pressed into wax (above) The ring would have been used as a seal to sign documents ...

By Alison Habens In the beginning, there was just one, unnamed, muse. The blind bard Homer (a poet born around 850BC) invoked ...

First Minister Michelle O’Neill will today lay a laurel wreath at Belfast City Hall as part of today’s Remembrance Sunday ...

AMMAN – The Roman style was popular among the ruling elites in the client states of the Roman Republic and later the Roman ...

The head of Apollo wearing a laurel wreath has become a stylised wreath with pellets and crescents on the front. Greek coins depict a two-horse chariot on the back; here the design has been ...

The mesmerising television coverage of the Apollo 11 Moon landing 50 years ago brought previously unthinkable images and ideas into the homes of millions, leaving a profound impact on pop culture ...

The Advent wreath is made of four candles and a circle of branches. Before the first candle is lighted, the household gathers for this blessing. The blessing of an Advent Wreath takes place on the ...

The National Air and Space Museum holds approximately 17,000 space artifacts in its collection. More than 3,500 of those stem from the historic Apollo Moon landing effort, with 400 objects related ...

The Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio, a key valuation measure, is calculated by dividing the stock's most recent closing price by the sum of the diluted earnings per share from continuing operations ...

The chances that Federal Reserve officials will leave interest rates unchanged in November are mounting as the US economy powers ahead, according to Torsten Slok, chief economist at Apollo Management.