While these ancient flags were rigid, like boards, and not made of cloth as modern flags are, they provided ample testimony that heraldry and the displaying of banners dated to the earliest ...

One of the ancient "scaring stick" flags recently found in Breheimen National Park, Norway, by a team with Secrets of the Ice. Scaring sticks were once used to hunt reindeer in the region.

The flag is believed to date back to the The Vedic Period, a period in ancient India between the years of 1500 and 600 BC. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at [email protected] .

Flags would have been a feature of these processions. The world renowned Kandy Esala Perahera where a variety of flags are carried, dates back to several centuries. A colourful set of stamps released ...

Where is the ever-more-fraught relationship between China and the U.S. headed? That is perhaps the central question in this month’s Authers’ Notes Bloomberg book club selection, “Red Flags ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — In honor of St. Patrick’s Day Weekend, the Saratoga Ancient Order of Hibernians recently donated new Irish tricolor flags to fly over the Parting Glass Irish Pub.

Hundreds of Iraqi soldiers are surrendering by waving white flags, the international symbol of capitulation. How did this tradition originate? Ancient historians from both China and Rome noted the ...

Red flags and banners have been used by rioters, protesters and insurgents since ancient times, but red flags became especially prominent after the French Revolution of 1789.

The specifications for this unique flag are so exact that one expert referred to it as 'the nerdiest mathematical flag out ...