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To see the Revolutionary war through the eyes of slaves is to better understand why so many of them fought for the crown
A legendary test pilot celebrates his 95th birthday - and reminds us why we restore and preserve historic aircraft
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Shifting Ground in the Holy Land
Archaeology is casting new light on the Old Testament
When the Aztec and Maya played it 500 to 1,000 years ago, the losers sometimes lost their headsliterally
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As San Francisco burned, 100 years ago this month, a hardy band of men worked feverishly to save the city’s mint—and with it, the U.S. economy
One hundred years ago this month, John Paul Jones was welcomed home with great fanfare at the U.S. Naval Academy. But was the body really his?
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Momentous or merely memorable
A clash of cultures at Boston’s City Hall in 1976 symbolized the city’s years-long confrontation with the busing of schoolchildren
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Odyssey’s End?: The Search for Ancient Ithaca
A British researcher believes he has at last pinpointed the island to which Homer’s wanderer returned
After more than 400 years, a fort built by conquistadors in the Carolinas has finally been found
Momentous or merely memorable
Secrets of the Range Creek Ranch
Archaeologists cheered when Waldo Wilcox’s spread was deeded to the state of Utah, believing that it holds keys to a tribe that flourished - then vanished
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Education experts help children, their teachers, parents and grandparents get the most out of a museum visit - real or virtual
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How an Egyptian student came to study 1950s America and left determined to wage holy war
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Photojournalist Chris Hondros, recently killed in Libya, discussed his work in war-torn Liberia with Smithsonian in 2006
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South Pacific villagers worship a mysterious American they call John Frum - believing he’ll one day shower their remote island with riches
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A new exhibition brings the doomed residents of Pompeii and Herculaneum vividly to life
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Photographic plates discovered in a dusty shed offer an astonishing look at life in the American woods more than a century ago
Momentous or merely memorable
Readers respond to the November issue
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