President Barack Obama and Republican Party nominee Mitt Romney broke bread at the 2012 Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner.

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The History of Presidential Politics’ Most Important Dinner Date

For decades, the Al Smith Dinner has helped Catholic voters dine and decide

The Swedish count Philip Königsmarck, left, and his lover Sophia Dorothea, right. A skeleton possibly belonging to Königsmarck was recently uncovered in the German castle where he disappeared.

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A Skeleton Found in a Castle Could Be the Key to Cracking a 17th-Century Cold Case

A murder mystery complete with royal intrigue

The Great Hall of the People in Beijing is now on a 20th-century cultural preservation list in China.

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China Now Has a 20th-Century Architectural Heritage List

A country with an uneasy relationship to its past will preserve 98 buildings of the 20th century for future generations

Protestors at Tiananmen Square in 1989

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China Will Finally Release the Last Tiananmen Square Prisoner

Miao Deshun has been in prison for the majority of his life

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Did the Greeks Help Sculpt China’s Terra Cotta Warriors?

New analysis and DNA evidence suggests the 8,000 life-sized figures in emperor Qin Shi Huang’s necropolis owe their inspiration to the Greeks

John Cohen photographs a young Bob Dylan playing his guitar and harmonica in New York City in 1962.

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Five Things to Know About Bob Dylan

When it comes to awards, the times are a’ changin’—and now the iconic musician is a Nobel laureate

This map changed how the world saw itself.

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Discover One of History’s Most Ambitious Maps

Martin Waldseemüller’s 1507 map was the oldest document to use “America” to describe the body of land between Africa and Asia

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Capsules Reveal Once Highly Classified Pieces of WWII Air Campaign

Two shipping barrels opened by the Commemorative Air Force contain one of the more intriguing technologies of the second world war

The Countess of Computing was the daughter of the Princess of Parallelograms.

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The “Countess of Computing” didn’t just create the world’s first computer program—she foresaw a digital future

Alfred Jacob Miller's "Buffalo Jump," 1859-1860

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1,600-Year-Old Feast Unearthed in Alberta

Archeologists at Head-Smashed-in-Buffalo Jump have excavated a rare roasting pit with the meal still left inside

A set of Civil War-era cannonballs were uncovered on a South Carolina beach after Hurricane Matthew.

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Civil War-Era Cannonballs Unearthed by Hurricane Matthew

The destructive storm dug up some old history

People protest the Ethiopian government's alleged killing of Oromo students and seizure of Oromo lands in Addis Ababa in 2014.

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Why Ethiopia Just Declared a State of Emergency

Anti-government protests have roiled the fast-growing country

Mohanda Gandhi, center, spent years living in South Africa where he worked as a lawyer.

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Why a Ghanaian University Is Getting Rid of a Statue of Gandhi

The civil rights leader’s legacy is complicated

Clyde R. Meyers, Denham Springs flood survivor, holds a photograph of his parents, saturated with floodwater from the 2016 historic flooding in Louisiana.

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How to Save Family Heirlooms from Natural Disasters

It isn’t easy to save cultural heritage from the ravages of nature, but a national task force thinks it’s worth trying

Paris, 1739.

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This Is What 18th-Century Paris Sounded Like

A bygone age comes back to life in this painstaking reconstruction of the sounds of 1739

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Check Out This 3D Tour of a Villa in Ancient Pompeii

The Swedish Pompeii Project has digitally recreated a wealthy bankers villa and an entire city block using 3D scans from the devastated city

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Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Colombian President Who Got Guerillas to Come to the Table

As Colombia faces an uncertain future, the Nobel Committee recognizes its president who has worked to broker peace

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How the Reno Gang Launched the Era of American Train Robberies

150 years ago today, the first-ever train robbery took place in Indiana, setting off decades of shoot outs and bloodshed

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