New archeological findings suggest the Maya city state Copan dealt in a robust jaguar trade
The crosshatch symbol was made with a red ochre utensil more than 70,000 years ago
The Nazis arbitrarily slaughtered the Czech villagers, angering the world, even as Europe's Jews faced similar fates in concentration camps
Smithsonian ethnomusicologist Dan Sheehy poignantly recalls the brutal outcome of a nation divided
On February 9, 1945, two submarines are poised to engage in a direct, underwater confrontation. It's the first - and only - underwater submarine dog fight
The ceremony itself was rooted in union-busting, laying the basis for the art vs. mass acclaim debate we see play out today
It's June 1945 and the USS Barb has just launched an unprecedented attack on the factories of the Japanese island of Shari
A British frigate fires on the USS Constitution - but its shots either miss or rebound off its tough oak hull
For actress Nichelle Nichols, the first black woman to have a continuing co-starring role on TV, it was the beginning of a lifelong career in activism
During WWII, Nazi forces were preparing to take the coastal city of Tobruk and tighten their grip on North Africa
In 1915, technology merged with the "back to nature" movement, leading to the invention of the motorhome
Inspired by weather patterns during the Civil War, the rainmakers of the 1890s headed to west Texas to test their theory
Though the disease was declared eradicated in 1980, the era of smallpox is far from over
The USS Barb had an unusual target in its sights in 1945 - one that wasn't even in the water. It was a Japanese supply train on the island of Karafuto
After the Napoleonic Wars caused a shortage of British Oak, frigate builders looked all over the empire for an alternative. They found one in India
The Smithsonian's elegant Haliphat of Palmyra and the blue-eyed Miriam from Yemen raise awareness of the illegal trade in and destruction of antiquities
The USS Silversides is patrolling the Pacific during WWII when it finds itself in a terrifying situation: one of its torpedoes has jammed
Bombing ground targets from the air is tricky and not always accurate. But a new type of bomb creates an unimaginable level of destruction
The British Navy knew it couldn't completely disguise a ship to protect it from attack during WWI. So they turned to 'Dazzle Painting'
Director Chris Weitz explores the 1960 hunt for Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in the new feature film
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