Today we are going to explore something different.

When we think of an advanced society, we usually think of technology. But technological sophistication is not always the same as civilizational sophistication.

Rome's genius was not simply invention. It was how it used roads, engineering, architecture, and art to connect people and communicate ideas. Later, Christian Rome used those same instincts through painting, sculpture, and urban design to communicate faith.

Today's conversation with historian and art historian Elizabeth Lev is about technology, art, and the human person—and what Rome might still teach us about what it really means to be an advanced civilization.

About the Guest

Elizabeth Lev is the author of How Catholic Art Saved the Faith and several other books on art, technology and history. . She holds degrees in art history from the University of Chicago and the University of Bologna and has been teaching art history at Duquesne University's Italian campus since 2002. She is a well-known tour guide and serves as a consultant to the Vatican Museums for their art and faith itineraries and has worked on projects with the Vatican Patrons of the Arts, including "Vatican Treasures: The Via Pulchritudinis," a film presented to Pope Benedict XVI in 2012.

She is a Vatican analyst for NBC and has appeared on the Today Show, Nightline, and 60 Minutes, and her TED Talk on the Sistine Chapel has garnered over 1.8 million views. She and her husband, Thomas Williams, both became certified sommeliers in 2015.

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