Before he became president, Adams was the nascent country’s first ambassador to Russia
During the days of China's Han dynasty, when a ruler died his corpse was carefully packed with jade "plugs"
On the 60th anniversary of Fidel Castro’s secret landing on Cuba’s southern shore, our man in Havana journeys into the island’s rebel heart
The Nabataeans worshipped powerful female deities and built lavish shrines in their honor
The future Prime Minister became known throughout Britain for his travails as a journalist during the Boer War
The Longmen Grottoes remain one of the most sacred places in China
In a new book, “A Whole World Blind,” the American photographer documents the tragedy in the Middle East
Fifty years after H.F. Verwoerd was assassinated in Parliament, the nation he once presided over reckons with its past
Smithsonian.com partners with the Wilson Center to provide some much-needed context on the deadly civil war
It's uncertain whether gladiator school was run like a prison or was completely voluntary. However, a reasonable amount of comfort was provided
Why scores of Londoners thought the fire of 1666 was all part of a nefarious Catholic conspiracy
A huge factor in a gladiator's physical fitness was a meatless diet. During training, he primarily ate beans for protein and barley for carbohydrates
A historian tries hard to understand modern society and buys a #cutepuppy
Women have long fought against the assumption that they are weaker than men, and the battle isn’t over yet
One Dutch art dealer is convinced that he owns the only portrait that Baruch Spinoza sat for
Before it reached the Olympics, the sport was a spectacle of the circus and vaudeville
Punishment for cheating and bribery in the Olympics of Ancient Greece could include fines, public flogging and statewide bans from competition
When Nancy Astor's husband gave up his seat in British parliament, she decided to run in his place
The battle between the U.S. and the Confederacy affected global trade in astonishing ways
Could the painting actually contain a message from Leonardo?
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