Back in the 16th century, the group decided that each member be given a nickname, a motto in the vernacular, and a symbol linked to the cultivation of wheat.

There are many theories about its meaning, Emmanuel Anati suggests that it might symbolize a complex religious concept, perhaps a solar symbol linked to the astral movement.

All symbols and statues linked to the Roman Catholic faith were removed from the cathedral.

Once again the symbols linked with the Easter festival contain many pre-Christian ones.

Aphrodite is identified by the presence of doves and roses - symbols commonly linked with the goddess - and the water at her feet, reminiscent of her birth, fully formed, from the sea.

It was-mercifully-three-dimensional, and highly stylized, built of translucent colored blocks marked with icons, representing mental symbols, linked by broad lines indicating the major connections between them.

Silence sat for a moment, staring at the bizarre map, with its patchwork of symbols linked by the overlapping rays of the landlines.

The Revolution meant a ban on conserving relics and all other sacred symbols linked to the kings, though this allowed for pieces judged to be of high artistic quality to be saved.

The bear was a symbol linked with Connavar.

In 2005, the government formed a committee to oversee the removal of symbols linked to Saddam.