How did an onyx cup thought to be the Holy Grail disappear from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in 909 AD?
Eunice Foote’s career highlights the subtle forms of discrimination that have kept women on the sidelines of science
Military personnel weren't the only people attacked on December 7, 1941
The 27th president arguably left a more lasting mark on the nation as leader of the Supreme Court
Looking for the perfect gift for the food lover in your life? Any of these suggestions will hit the spot
Horace Poolaw's photography is unearthed at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian
Read this first in a series of columns chronicling what led to that 1917 cataclysm
When the Dead Sea copper scroll was unveiled, doubts were quickly raised about its authenticity. For one thing, it was riddled with spelling errors
The best spies won’t leave behind an evidence trail, but then how will audiences know what’s true and what’s fiction?
You asked, we answered
<i>Smithsonian</i> journeyed from Maine to California to update a landmark study of American life
The high-stakes gamble and false assumptions that detonated Pearl Harbor 80 years ago
Narrated by Dylan Thomas, the album would go on to sell 400,000 copies
This bright idea was ahead of its time
Smithsonian curator Nancy Pope learns how and why these letters showed up in the mail 153 years later
Revisiting Indian Nations of the Chesapeake
Without Edward Winslow, we probably wouldn’t even be celebrating the holiday
The story of milk agitated into greatness
Public historian Mark Speltz's new book is full of images that aren't typically part of the 1960s narrative
The Indiana Jones of low Earth orbit harnesses 21st-century technology to uncover long-buried treasures
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