https://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/marco-polo/RSS feed for Marco PoloenThu, 11 Sep 2025 14:30:06 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/was-venices-iconic-winged-lion-of-st-marks-square-made-in-ancient-china-180987302/New research suggests that the famous bronze statue may have originally guarded a Chinese tomb before arriving in Venice in the late 13th centuryThu, 11 Sep 2025 14:30:06 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/was-venices-iconic-winged-lion-of-st-marks-square-made-in-ancient-china-180987302/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/one-irelands-most-important-historic-books-will-return-home-180976162/The 15th-century Book of Lismore features the only surviving Irish translation of Marco Polo's travels, among other historical textsThu, 29 Oct 2020 19:38:58 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/one-irelands-most-important-historic-books-will-return-home-180976162/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/did-marco-polo-discover-america-180952765/Maps attributed to the 13th-century traveler sketch what looks like the coast of AlaskaTue, 23 Sep 2014 18:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/did-marco-polo-discover-america-180952765/