The UK is home to some incredible market towns. Some are really well known, while others seem to constantly remain under the radar. One such town is located in the heart of Norfolk. Among many things, ...

The largest libraries of the ancient world weren’t mere book collections. They were centers of power, education, and survival across empires.

Almost 1800 years after Rome’s founding, the people we call Byzantines still thought of themselves as part of the same enduring society.

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In “Goliath’s Curse,” Luke Kemp crunches the numbers to see exactly how far we are from the fate of once-great empires.

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At the beginning of his pontificate, Leo declared himself to be a “son of St. Augustine.” He also committed himself to promoting the Church’s “treasury” of social teaching. For an Augustinian pope, ...