Articles by Joshua Hammer

About Joshua Hammer

Joshua Hammer is a contributing writer to Smithsonian magazine and the author, most recently, of The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts.

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History of Now December 2017

What Does the Future of the Euphrates Spell for the Middle East?

October 2017

The Salvation of Mosul

April 2017

A Modern Odyssey: Two Iraqi Refugees Tell Their Harrowing Story

Russian Revolution March 2017

Vladimir Lenin's Return Journey to Russia Changed the World Forever

June 2016

The Fight Against Elephant Poachers Is Going Commando

April 2016

The Lost City of Cambodia

September 2015

Escape From Boko Haram

July 2015

The Fall and Rise and Fall of Pompeii

May 2015

Russell Crowe Takes a New Look at an Old Battle

April 14, 2015

Only a Handful of People Can Enter the Chauvet Cave Each Year. Our Reporter Was One of Them.