World History

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The Case of the Purloined Pots

In the deserts of the Southwest, pothunters are stealing a priceless heritage of ancient Native American art

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Samuel Pepys' London Chronicles

The candid diarist portrays the ravages of fire and plague, the bawdy court of Charles II, and his own romps with maids

International Spy Museum

For Your Eyes Only

Keith Melton's museum contains the finest collection of espionage paraphernalia anywhere—and it's so secret we can't even tell you where it's located

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The False Step

Three black granite statues of the pharaoh Senusret III, c. 1850 BC

Eternal Egypt

A landmark traveling exhibition features masterworks from the British Museum's collection of ancient Egyptian art

A CARE Package shipped in 1948

Aid in Small Boxes

In 1996, commemorating 50 years of relief work, CARE gave the Smithsonian its own package

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The World According to Wells

Best-known for sci-fi classics like The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds, H. G. Wells became one of the most controversial writers of his day

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Winston Churchill in America

His travels and ties nurtured the special relationship between the United States and Britain

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Run Silent, Run Deep

In the Cold War's undersea cat and mouse game, the prize went to the submarine that could

Attila the Hunk

Engraving of the Arctic explorer Charles Francis Hall

Arctic Arsenic

Charles Francis Hall was murdered during an expedition that might have taken him to the North Pole decades before Peary. Or was he?

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The Madness That Swept Miami

Political controversies have rocked Florida lately, but they can't compare with the hysteria unleashed during the land boom of the 1920s

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The Dogs of War

There's a special quality in some dogs —call it loyalty, heroism or just plain courage— that comes alive under fire

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Inscribing the Word

At a scriptorium in Wales, calligraphers are applying medieval arts to create the 21st-century Saint John's Bible

George Gustav Heye

A Passionate Collector

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Searching for Gavrilo Princip

Eighty-six years ago the Serbian teenager shot an Archduke and set Europe on the road to World War I. Today he is all but forgotten

Catacombs of Paris

Empire of the Dead

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When War Called, Davis Answered

The first modern war correspondent, Richard Harding Davis covered the first modern wars

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In Praise of Pianos...

Capture of the Pirate, Blackbeard, 1718, Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, painted in 1920

A Fury from Hell—or Was He?

As underwater archaeologists pull artifacts from what may be the wreck of Blackbeard's flagship, historians raise new questions about the legendary pirate

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