Anthropology
Garth Brooks
Retired country star garth brooks donated a collection of mementos to the American History museum, including his trademark cowboy hat, an acoustic guitar, a gold record and a handwritten lyric sheet.
February 2008 |
By Jess Blumberg
Monumental Mission
Assigned to find art looted by the Nazis, Western Allied forces faced an incredible challenge
February 2008 |
By Robert M. Poole
Looting Iraq
No one was prepared for the pillaging of Baghdad's Iraq Museum in 2003, but a fast-thinking Marine officer Col. Matthew Bogdanos, improvised an investigation—and helped recover thousands of stolen antiquities
February 2008 |
By Robert M. Poole
Protecting the Priceless
How one retired Army Reserve Major taught soldiers to save artworks and antiquities during wartime
February 01, 2008 |
By Adam Minter
The Lost Fort of Columbus
On his voyage to the Americas in 1492, the explorer built a small fort somewhere in the Caribbean
January 2008 |
By Frances Maclean
Symbolically Speaking
A Q&A with hieroglyphs expert Janice Kamrin
November 05, 2007 |
By Jess Blumberg
Digging up Egypt's Treasures
The ten most significant discoveries in the past 20 years
November 05, 2007 |
By Robin T. Reid
Sky King
Pan Am founder Juan Trippe turned Americans into frequent fliers
November 2007 |
By Owen Edwards
Rebellious Son
Amenhotep III was succeeded by one of the first known monotheists
November 2007 |
By Andrew Lawler
Sitting Bull's Legacy
The Lakota Sioux leader's relics return to his only living descendants
October 31, 2007 |
By Jess Blumberg
Unearthing Egypt's Greatest Temple
Discovering the grandeur of the monument built 3,400 years ago
October 2007 |
By Andrew Lawler
Animal Insight
Recent studies illustrate which traits humans and apes have in common—and which they don't
October 11, 2007 |
By Anne Casselman
Down to Earth
Anthropologist Amber VanDerwarker is unraveling the mysteries of the ancient Olmec by figuring out what they ate
October 2007 |
By Andrew Lawler
Fred Spoor
The evolution scholar talks about a landmark new study challenging the classic view of human ancestry
October 2007 |
By Sarah Zielinski
Underwater World
New evidence reveals a city beneath ancient Alexandria
August 01, 2007 |
By Megan Gambino
The Flight Stuff
Amelia Earhart brought her own special style—even to her outerwear
July 2007 |
By Owen Edwards
Ancient Rome's Forgotten Paradise
Stabiae's seaside villas will soon be resurrected in one of the largest archaeological projects in Europe since World War II
July 01, 2007 |
By Dina Modianot-Fox
