The bizarre <em>Mortuneria</em> used sieve-like teeth to strain tasty morsels from the muddy Cretaceous seafloor
The Ephemeral Films Project offers the public a chance to see what Jews experienced during the Anschluss
How the news was reported on the day of the famous blackout
Smithsonian Journeys Travel Quarterly: Venice
A look back on the 500-year history and intellectual life of one of the world's oldest Jewish quarters
Two crypts uncovered near Washington Square Park a reminder of New York City’s past
Smithsonian Journeys Travel Quarterly: Venice
The Venetian roots of revolutionary modern book printer Aldus Manutius shaped books as we know them today
The famed archaeologist took detailed notes of what he found inside King Tut's tomb
Meet "the Ferrari of raptors," a lithe killing machine that could have taken down a young <em>T. rex</em>
For the past 100 years, these experiments have offered continued evidence that general relativity is our best description of gravity
After Confederate forces seized Fort Sumter, a U.S. Army officer dashed off this message to Washington
Despite her humble origins, Jennie Grossinger learned to play the role of hostess
A conversation with Sarah Vowell about her new book, the American Revolution and what we can learn from the Founding Fathers
Smithsonian Journeys Travel Quarterly: Venice
The story of an import so prized, royals were literally rolling in it
The poisonous element, once used in embalming fluids, could be contaminating drinking water as corpses rot
A recent expedition to the Fourni islands uncovered piles of ancient cargo, including types of amphorae never before seen on the seafloor
These images detail the inner workings of human bodies in all their gruesome glory
Fossil analysis supports the argument that the proposed <em>Nanotyrannus</em> is not its own unique species after all
Activist Israel Kaunatjike journeyed from Namibia to Germany, only to discover a forgotten past that has connections to his own family tree
Mummification has been practiced for eons and the Egyptians are the best known, but not the only practioners
A turn-of-the-century muckraker named Lincoln Steffens understood the true problem with a "throw the bums out" strategy
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