Dispatch from Stonehenge, Day 1
March 31st: The Excavation Begins
Rare Photos Chronicle an Early Castro Rally in Cuba
When Fidel Castro asked for a show of hands in support of his new policies, an American journalist captured the response
Momentous or Merely Memorable
Decade by Decade: Major Events in Women’s History
Explore some of the most significant achievements made by women in the past century
Cixi: The Woman Behind the Throne
The concubine who became China’s last empress
A history of climbing the world’s tallest mountain
Momentous or Merely Memorable
Assigned to find art looted by the Nazis, Western Allied forces faced an incredible challenge
A modern museum of ancient Greece rises near the Parthenon
Unlocking Mysteries of the Parthenon
Restoration of the 2,500-year-old temple is yielding new insights into the engineering feats of the golden age’s master builders
Momentous or Merely Memorable
On his voyage to the Americas in 1492, the explorer built a small fort somewhere in the Caribbean
Keeping Cool in Cretaceous Australia and melting-pot Marseille
Gen. Dwight Eisenhower’s defining moment comes to life in an excerpt from Michael Korda’s best-selling new biography
The ten most significant discoveries in the past 20 years
A Q&A with hieroglyphs expert Janice Kamrin
Understanding the Lasting Allure of the Rosetta Stone
An Egyptologist explains the importance of the artifact
Amenhotep III was succeeded by one of the first known monotheists
Unearthing Egypt’s Greatest Temple
Discovering the grandeur of the monument built 3,400 years ago
Political historian Jeremi Suri has come up with a new way of looking at the links between the low and the mighty
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