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Digging for Jefferson’s Lost Courthouse
Archaeologists in Virginia found the footprint of a red brick building lost in the mid-19th century
A century and a half ago, Britain’s Roger Fenton pioneered the art of war photography
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When Major Leaguer Eddie Grant Made the Ultimate Sacrifice
The Harvard-trained lawyer and professional baseball player Eddie Grant volunteered to serve in World War I. He fought as he’d played: selflessly
Tolstoy Does “Oprah”
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They fled terror in Laos after secretly aiding American forces in the Vietnam War. Now 200,000 Hmong prosper-and struggle-in the United States
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Francis Scott Key, the Reluctant Patriot
The Washington lawyer was an unlikely candidate to write the national anthem; he was against America’s entry into the War of 1812 from the outset
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
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
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 Law that Ripped America in Two
One hundred fifty years ago, the Kansas-Nebraska Act set the stage for America’s civil war
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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An artifact from the doomed ocean liner evokes that catastrophic night in April 1912
A Vietnam War protester recalls a seminal ‘60s image, part of a new book celebrating French photographer Marc Riboud’s 50-year career
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From our archives: How the republic’s troubled history set the stage for future discord and a possible new Cold War
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Retracing the route of captured American and Filipino soldiers on the Bataan Peninsula in World War II, the author grapples with their sacrifice
A cache of recently discovered letters darkens the British naval warrior’s honor and enhances that of his long-suffering wife, Frances
Priceless wisdom that changed my life
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Smithsonian’s wide-ranging mummy collection still speaks to us from centuries past
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