How the Smithsonian protected its "strange animals, curious creatures" and more
From cigarette pack insert to multi-million-dollar treasure
How a self-taught British genius rediscovered the Mesopotamian saga of Gilgamesh after 2,500 years
Translated by Stephen Langdon, University of Pennsylvania
In Gilgamesh, scholars unearthed literary gold
The chief of the FBI's organized crime unit on the history of La Cosa Nostra
Mythology, propaganda, Liz Taylor and the real Queen of the Nile
Though they embrace computers and TV, the secret of the tribe's unity lies in fealty to their past
The Proceedings of the Old Bailey is an epic chronicle of crime and vice in early London. Now anyone can search all 52 million words
Momentous or Merely Memorable
Virginia Morell, author of "The Zuni Way," on the mystical ceremonies of the Zuni pueblo
Duke Ellington, animated movies and the old ballgame
The Algonquian settlement crucial to the survival of Jamestown 400 years ago has been found. Finally
A photographic essay of how women won the vote
On March 17, everyone's green-even the Chicago River. Yet St. Patrick remains colored in myth
How the flag that flew proudly over Fort McHenry inspired an anthem and made its way to the Smithsonian
In this interview, Ernest "Pat" Furgurson, author of "Catching Up with 'Old Slow Trot,'" says some people are still fighting the Civil War
An excerpt from Nina Burleigh's book, The Stranger and the Statesman: James Smithson, John Quincy Adams, and the Making of America's Greatest Museum
James Smithson's biographer offers insight into ideals born of the Age of Enlightenment that gave rise to the founding of the Smithsonian
Historians' perspectives on George H. Thomas
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