Iceland has a long and rich literary tradition. With its 380,000 inhabitants, the country has produced many great writers, ...

Adventus means “Second Coming” in Latin, although the term was used earlier. Advent was celebrated for a longer period in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, spanning five Sundays. The ...

Medieval Europe, spanning the 5th to 15th centuries, was a time of castles, knights, and fortified towns. This era left ...

The Origin of Dogs Dogs, often called humanity’s best friend, have a long and fascinating history that dates back tens of ...

In the heart of Pavia, west of the city and along the route to Piedmont and the Alps, lies a historic site that is rewriting ...

"God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" is one of the oldest and most popular Christmas carols, originating from 16th-century England.

Our basic sense of right and wrong appears to be the product of blind evolution. The hard question is how unsettling that ...

Archaeologists discovered ancient graves of Lombard kings in Pavia, Italy, unearthing artifacts and burial traditions.

On Christmas morning, I knew my prayers had been answered even before I ripped the paper off; I’d memorized the exact weight ...

Latter-day Saint artists add their creative gifts to the collective witness of the Christian world that a baby born 2,025 ...

The name ‘utopia’ was first coined by Thomas More in 1516 and has since then been used as a term describing ideal societies. The term is usually employed for early modern texts and their drawing upon ...

ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY, Mo. – A woman and two young children died in a crash just outside Farmington on Christmas Eve. According ...