Toni Morrison’s Rarely Seen Papers Will Go on View at Princeton
The university is planning a months-long series of exhibitions, programs and performances
U.S. Returns Looted Sarcophagus to Egypt
The “Green Coffin” had been at the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences since 2013
Henrietta Lacks’ Virginia Hometown Will Build Statue in Her Honor, Replacing Robert E. Lee Monument
Lacks’ unique cancer cells were taken without consent and used for medical breakthroughs
This Rare Robert Burns Book Was Discovered in a Barber Shop, Where It Was Used to Clean Razors
The rarely seen copy of the Scottish writer’s debut poetry collection is now on display
Three Pioneering Scholars Who Died This Year
They believed that the stories of marginalized communities were worth chronicling
Vandals Destroy 30,000-Year-Old Indigenous Cave Drawings in Australia
The perpetrators broke in to the cave and defaced some of the earliest known examples of First Peoples Rock Art
What’s Within the Burial Cave Dedicated to Jesus’ Midwife?
Archaeologists in Israel are excavating the site that was popular among pilgrims more than a millennium ago
Pope Francis Will Return Parthenon Sculptures to Greece
The fifth-century B.C.E. artifacts have been at the Vatican Museum for 200 years
Unearthed Near Stonehenge, This Toolkit Was Used for Goldwork 4,000 Years Ago
The toolkit was discovered in 1801—but until recently, researchers didn’t understand its purpose
The History Behind Chance the Rapper’s Black Star Line Festival
The event is named after an early 20th-century shipping line created by Jamaican activist Marcus Garvey
Indigenous Activists Criticize ‘Avatar’ Sequel
They say the film romanticizes colonization and reduces Indigenous cultures to vague stereotypes
Elusive Yeast That Gave Rise to Lagers Found in Europe for the First Time
Students in Ireland discovered the ancestral fungus in the soil on their university’s campus
U.S. Reverses 1954 Removal of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s Security Clearance
The “father of the atomic bomb” was accused of being a communist
Iran Arrests One of Its Most Famous Actresses
Taraneh Alidoosti was detained after criticizing the government’s execution of a protester
National Archives Releases Thousands of Kennedy Assassination Files
Over 97 percent of documents related to the event are now publicly available
Unraveling the Secrets of the Sarcophagi Found Beneath Notre-Dame Cathedral
Archaeologists are learning more about the two men buried under the iconic Paris landmark
From ‘Iron Man’ to ‘When Harry Met Sally,’ These Are the 25 New Additions to the National Film Registry
Every year, the Library of Congress selects 25 films of “cultural, historic or aesthetic importance”
Human Ancestors May Have Evolved to Walk Upright in Trees
Research on wild chimpanzees suggests searching for food in tree branches drove bipedalism
Millions of Pilgrims Gathered to Celebrate the Virgin of Guadalupe in Mexico City
After two years of pandemic closures, the annual tradition is back in full force
Richmond Removes Its Last City-Owned Confederate Monument
The statue of Ambrose P. Hill had stood at a busy intersection since 1892
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