Before the American Revolution, no Thoroughbred did more for racing’s growing popularity than a plucky mare named Selima
Seven hundred years ago, William Tell shot an arrow through an apple on his son’s head and launched the struggle for Swiss independence. Or did he?
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No Bob Costas? Why the Ancient Olympics Were No Fun to Watch
Spectators braved all manner of discomfort—from oppressive heat to incessant badgering by vendors—to witness ancient Greece’s ultimate pagan festival
Celebrating a magazine’s good fortuneand a nation’s
An ancient Greek wrote the book on biography then and now
While most members of Congress sought a negotiated settlement with England, independence advocates bided their time
An exhibition of ancient Maya art points up the opulence and violence of the great Mesoamerican civilization
Secrets of the Maya: Deciphering Tikal
After decades of intense research, the ancient ruins of Mexico and Central America are yielding new insights into the pre-Columbia culture
Who Wants to Be a Billionaire?
A Rockefeller’s rules for raising responsible children
During a civil rights march in 1965, photographer Bruce Davidson left the highway to focus on a single Alabama sharecropper and her nine children
After the Revolutionary War, ships from a little Massachusetts seaport brought the new nation wares from China and the mysterious East
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The Great Diamond Hoax of 1872
How a Kentucky grifter and his partner pulled off one of the era’s most spectacular scams — until a dedicated man of science exposed their scheme
The corps begins its epic journey
Momentous or merely memorable
For the dedication of a new World War II memorial on the Mall, the Smithsonian will stage a four-day festival of reminiscence
As America’s first black military pilots, Tuskegee airmen faced a battle against racism
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The Law that Ripped America in Two
One hundred fifty years ago, the Kansas-Nebraska Act set the stage for America’s civil war
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Baseball’s Anthem for All Ages
In 1908, an improbable pair of music men hit a tuneful home run without ever having seen a game
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Who built them and why? An amateur archaeologist tries to get to the bottom of some astonishing structures in Tibet and Sichuan Province, China
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