tribes
An Engraved Tomahawk Offers a New, Native History of a Battle
The weapon may have belonged to a Lakotan warrior named Stranger Horse.
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cotton
Found: The Oldest-Known Photograph of Enslaved African Americans With Cotton
The daguerreotype records their faces, but not their names.
the soviet imprint
The Photographer Who X-Rayed Chernobyl
How to make the invisible visible.
nordic
Copenhagen Wants You to Forage on Its City Streets
It’s part of a movement to introduce local foods to Danish diets.
cuneiform
After a Century Abroad, a Collection of Cuneiform Is Heading Home to Iraq
Some will remain in Philly, but only because they might be too fragile for the trip.
volcanoes
The History and Mystery of Russia’s 'Valley of Death'
A volcanic gorge in remote Kamchatka has given up some of its secrets—but not all of them.
smoking
A Kiln That Fired Millions of Clay Pipes Was Unearthed Under a Montreal Bridge
Archaeologists recently dug it up—but now they're putting an end to its brief affair with open air.
manuscripts
Found: A Manuscript Sloppily Edited by Queen Elizabeth I
Her Latin was impressive, but her cursive wasn't.
mesopotamia
Inside the Abandoned Babylon That Saddam Hussein Built
“If I could, I would go without shoes here, because it’s a holy place,” says a guide to the ancient site.
moveable feasts
A Newly Digitized Menu Collection Shows Off America’s Lost Railroad Cuisine
Once, Americans rode the rails for charbroiled steak, golden French toast, and prunes.
weather
Israel’s Stalagmites Have Climate Stories to Tell
Formed by dripping water over thousands of years, the rocky formations point to ancient monsoons.
mammoths
How Radar Detected Prehistoric Footprints Beneath White Sands National Monument
Researchers have found Pleistocene-era proof of a human, mammoth, and ground sloth trundling along.
algae
China’s Dead Sea Is a Visual Feast
Yuncheng Lake is one of the country's oldest salt-production sites.
dynamic diasporas
Retracing Ghana's Old Slave Trail
The story of slavery does not begin with the Middle Passage.
abolitionsim
The Grave of Nancy Adams, Who Thrice Escaped Slavery, Is Now a Symbol of Freedom
It has been designated as part of the Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.
american presidents
Why President Coolidge Never Ate His Thanksgiving Raccoon
A tradition as American as apple pie, and older than the Constitution.
walls
Photographers Take on the World's Walls, Borders, and Barriers
An exhibit documents the obstacles we erect, and how we overcome them.
megalithic
Found: Central France's First Megalith
It's an elaborate tomb, with stones gathered from hither and yon.
