:focal(676x528:677x529)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/8d/c5/8dc5325e-a80b-4160-a857-d5af631d485b/jeannette_rankin_cph3b13863.jpg)
Today We Honor the Only Woman Who Ever Voted to Give U.S. Women the Right to Vote
100 years ago, Jeannette Rankin became the first woman elected to Congress
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/fd/cc/fdcc1f35-9d79-4a59-a307-d5a63df66989/st-annes-well-after-excavation.jpg)
A “Cursed” English Well Has Been Rediscovered
An old photograph led archaeologists to the long-lost well
:focal(428x415:429x416)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/fd/01/fd014c82-708f-4a23-b4ab-5eb8f2298cae/resolver.jpg)
New Digital Collection Unveils the Other Stories of ‘Anne of Green Gables’ Creator
KindredSpaces brings together kindred spirits interested in the life and legacy of Lucy Maud Montgomery
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/39/9c/399ce5cc-79c7-4542-ab1d-1bfa9e24e41a/bestiary_dove1.jpg)
Hi-Res Photography Reveals New Details of the Centuries Old Aberdeen Bestiary
Fingerprints, wear marks and other details show the beautiful manuscript was once a teaching tool, not a royal collectible
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/75/48/75487371-ac60-4833-aaf4-e7183a96b1e7/walter_cronkite_1985.jpg)
Five Things to Know About Walter Cronkite
Over four decades of TV broadcasting, “Uncle Walter” defined a nation’s news
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/8c/23/8c2361a2-e24c-4042-ae5b-82fb7d4da6fe/3826729801_d246915ed2_b.jpg)
This Is What the World Looked Like the Last Time the Cubs Won the World Series
Here are 10 ways life was different in 1908
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/fc/9e/fc9e5a85-aa47-479a-be49-a823846f906d/rock_shelter.jpg)
Aboriginal Australians Lived In Country’s Interior 10,000 Years Earlier Than Thought
Excavations at a rock shelter in the Flinders Range shows people were there 49,000 years ago, hunting megafauna and developing new tools
:focal(576x576:577x577)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/bc/94/bc94eb5c-ab36-4426-81bc-dfc917ce7920/amelia.jpg)
What to Make of Renewed Claims That Amelia Earhart Died as a Castaway
Reexamination of data from a 1940 skeleton, suggests that the long forearms may match those of the missing aviator
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/a0/33/a0338ca5-da52-477e-afc5-a98b1c6f51f6/marta_minujin_parthenon_of_booksjpg2100x2100.jpg)
An Artist Is Building a Parthenon of Banned Books
More than 100,000 books will become a monument to intellectual freedom in Germany next year
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/1b/3c/1b3cb744-08b3-4265-9b0c-4d2147300a2d/bundesarchiv_bild_102-09844_mussolini_in_mailand.jpg)
Why We Call the Axis Powers the Axis Powers
On this day in 1936, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini declared an axis between Berlin and Rome, coining a term that would be used by both sides in WWII
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/e5/a2/e5a25fcd-5673-4516-a398-420802278eb5/1200px-castel_gandolfo_da_cancelliera_-_albano_l.jpg)
Pope Francis Isn’t Using His Summer House, so the Vatican Is Letting the Public in
Get a rare look at the pope’s luxurious vacation home
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/08/a5/08a58073-c9d8-45b0-9520-3d2f8df396d4/lf.jpeg)
The Oldest-Known Carving of the 10 Commandments Is Going up for Auction
But the buyer won’t be able to take it home
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/dd/16/dd163c50-cb00-4321-8e7f-9eafd58df3d6/edicule.jpg)
Walls of “Jesus’ Tomb” Exposed for the First Time in Centuries
During repair work, archaeologists removed the marble slabs that covered the walls of the limestone cave where Jesus was purportedly laid after crucifixion
:focal(315x103:316x104)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/38/d0/38d0a9bc-fe9a-43a3-9c3f-f6c05298d1b1/witchcraft.jpg)
Are You Descended From Witches? New Digital Document Could Help You Find Out
The Wellcome Library manuscript lists people accused of witchcraft during the Scottish witch panic of 1658-1662
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/f1/dc/f1dc4463-ad9d-4bf7-af91-8e1b178e63d1/dp139974.jpg)
Join an English Scavenger Hunt for Spooky, Supernatural Scratches
“Witch marks” are all over old buildings in England—and this Halloween, a preservation group is calling on the public to help document them
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/2b/9d/2b9ddde0-47cf-4ece-ac34-be1040023033/hiv-budding-color.jpg)
Genetic Sleuthing Clears ‘Patient Zero’ of Blame for U.S. AIDS Epidemic
Scientists debunk the myth of the man once thought to have brought the virus to the states
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20/63/206342e4-fe7e-4785-a0d5-c8834534bc96/istock_46697978_medium.jpg)
Kids Ditch Princess Costumes in Favor of Superheroes This Halloween
For the first time in over a decade, princesses falter on the charts
:focal(607x540:608x541)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/41/3c/413c4945-04c6-4d43-af10-674bc21a7b0f/isherwood_and_auden_by_carl_van_vechten_1939.jpg)
New U.K. Law That Would Pardon Gay Men Once Convicted of Sex Crimes Fails in Parliament
The private member’s bill will not go ahead
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/71/0c/710c0639-6a2d-4d0d-8022-97b7f91f3621/630084427_mb_-web_05b826fb12f8e5abd69f2f880b482ac4.jpg)
How the Poppy Came to Symbolize World War I
Red blooms help the world commemorate a bloody war
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/38/43/384301c5-e43a-4e0c-8048-ba4807f12d80/beach_house.jpg)
What to Know About NASA’s Historic Astronaut Beach House
The famous bungalow is on track to be repaired by 2018 when SpaceX is hoped to launch humans into space once again
Page 267 of 332