NPR's Scott Simon talks to Daniyal Mueenuddin about his debut novel, "This is Where the Serpent Lives." It's a sprawling ...

The ouroboros is an ancient symbol of a serpent consuming its own tail, seen across multiple cultures and time periods. Its circularity represents eternity and the cycle of birth, life, and death, ...

When Cjay Roughgarden was crafting what would become the largest public art installation in Golden Gate Park’s history, she ...

A tiny stone carving unearthed in Israel is said to hold the key to understanding a motif found across ancient cultures. The artifact, discovered during an archaeological dig in Tel Hazor in northern ...