How an Egyptian student came to study 1950s America and left determined to wage holy war
Photojournalist Chris Hondros, recently killed in Libya, discussed his work in war-torn Liberia with Smithsonian in 2006
A new exhibition brings the doomed residents of Pompeii and Herculaneum vividly to life
Momentous or merely memorable
December anniversariesmomentous or merely memorable
December anniversaries momentous or merely memorable
Shaped by persecution, tribal strife and an unforgiving landscape, Iraq's Kurds have put their dream of independence on hold-for now
A look back at the world in Smithsonian Magazine's first year
He took the blue-collar approach to the great monuments of Egypt
An exhibition of portraits from Latin America highlights the region's many contributions to U.S. cultural life
Thanks to renovations of its classical venues, the Eternal City has never looked better
An amateur archaeologist discovers the field where wily Germanic warriors halted the spread of the Roman Empire
At last, all parties were ready to make peace in the Middle East. Whoops ... Not So Fast
Despite denials by government officials, slavery remains a way of life in the African nation of Niger
Remembering the sound and fury—and the joy—of the end of World War II
We asked readers to tell us where they were and how they reacted to the news that World War II had ended. And what a response we got!
Archaeologist Alanah Woody's infectious enthusiasm for Nevada's rock art knows no bounds
An exhibition featuring the first CT scans of the boy king's mummy tells us more about Tutankhamun than ever before
Mexican immigrants are defying expectations in this country-and changing the landscape back home
A marauding hog bites the dust in a border dispute between the United States and Britain that fails to turn ugly
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