In choosing his motto and coat of arms, Leo references the Order of St. Augustine, to which he belongs. He uses the identifying symbol of Augustine, a heart pierced by an arrow.

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Instead, the study suggests, Deinosuchus belonged to an ancient lineage that split off before the last common ancestor of today’s alligators and crocodiles, carrying characteristics that are ...

Or what remedies filled the medicine cabinets of pyramid builders? Turns out, one of ancient Egypt’s most treasured healing plants still exists today — and modern science is finally catching ...

AN ANCIENT sword engraved with swastikas and forged long before Jesus walked the Earth has been discovered in a Celtic Iron Age necropolis. Uncovered intact in France after 2,300 years, the sword ...

There will be plenty of backslapping among the highly paid executives of Drax, Britain’s biggest power station, at today’s AGM held in the shadow of St Paul’s Cathedral. Some of the biggest ...

Palau is made up of more than 340 coral and volcanic islands perched on the Kyushu-Palau Ridge, dotting Micronesia’s edge. It is geographically closer to China than any other Pacific Island ...

The Prince and Princess of Wales have visited an ancient forest alongside children and their parents to celebrate the environment. William and Kate spent the second and final day of their Isle of ...

Archaeologists have announced the discovery of 5,000-year-old remains apparently belonging to a high-society woman from an ancient Peruvian civilization. The tomb was found in Aspero, an area in ...

that became a symbol of laid-back summer days - died April 23 at his home in West Tisbury. He was 93. The cause was prostate cancer, said his son Morgan. Mr. Douglas grew up in the Chicago suburbs ...

Members of New Mexico’s Picuris Pueblo Tribal Nation have long told stories about having descended from ancient North American ancestors. Genetic evidence now backs up what Picuris people ...