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A groundbreaking chronicle sheds new light on one of the most dramatic chapters in American history
Everything old is news again
Before the advent of factory farms and supermarkets, the self-made kings of New York City's butter and egg trade lived extra large
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What awful event forced the Anasazi to flee their homeland, never to return?
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"It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it."— Robert E. Lee, at Fredericksburg
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New Kingdom customs rise triumphantly from the dead in "The Quest for Immortality," a dazzling display of treasures from the tombs of the pharaohs
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Where do you put all those treasures?
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MaVynee Betsch wants to memorialize a haven for African-Americans in the time of Jim Crow
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Senate staffers come across a historic treasure in a dusty storage room
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The White House correspondent's career as a journalist spanned ten presidencies and was marked by an unwavering dedication to the truth
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As archaeologists worldwide help recover looted artifacts, they worry for the safety of the great sites of early civilization
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Four centuries after her death, Good Queen Bess still draws crowds. A regal rash of exhibitions and books examines her life anew
Ever since Britain carved the nation out of the Ottoman Empire after World War I, the land long known as Mesopotamia has been wracked by instability
Enslaved Africans endured the largest forced migration in history
Our unusually far-flung correspondents report
Even as he endured the hardships of Valley Forge, George Washington faced another challenge: critics who questioned his fitness to lead
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Momentous or merely memorable
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There's art in the history at the Archives of American Art
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Out of the park: signed balls soar into the stratosphere
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When Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory from France, he altered the shape of a nation and the course of history
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