Artifacts
Refined Palette
Scholars say this 19th-century artifact could have belonged to the celebrated American painter
West African Gold: Out of the Ordinary
The inventive goldwork and royal regalia of Ghana's Akan people on display in a new exhibition are drawn, strikingly, from daily life
When Union Leader Cesar Chavez Organized the Nation's Farmworkers, He Changed History
Cesar Chavez' black nylon satin jacket with the eagle emblem of the United Farm Workers is held in the Smithsonian collections
Towering Mysteries
Who built them and why? An amateur archaeologist tries to get to the bottom of some astonishing structures in Tibet and Sichuan Province, China
Man of the Hour
Master horologist John Metcalfe keeps on ticking
Mesopotamian Masterpieces
Exquisite art and artifacts from the world's earliest civilization are dazzling visitors to New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art
Wild Thing
For 100 years, Harleys have fueled our road-warrior fantasies
Curiosities and Wonders
Where do you put all those treasures?
Saving Iraq's Treasures
As archaeologists worldwide help recover looted artifacts, they worry for the safety of the great sites of early civilization
The Enduring Splendors of, Yes, Afghanistan
A writer and photographer crisscross a nation ravaged by a quarter century of warfare to inventory its most sacred treasures
Happy Trails
As freshly carved toys or treasured heirlooms, well-bred rocking horses ride high in the affections of kids and collectors alike
Unearthing Athens' Underworld
Throughout the decade-long construction of the city's new metro, archaeologists have found a trove of treasures
Pack Rat
First Virgil Johnson gave up smoking. Then he gave up his breathtaking collection of tobacco-nalia
Romancing the Stones
Who built the great megaliths and stone circles of Great Britain, and why? Researchers continue to puzzle and marvel over these age-old questions
Downtown Digs
One step ahead of bulldozers, Urban archaeologists pull historic treasures from America's cityscapes
Moving Down the Line
It's pulled and jimmied, tied and lifted but the 20-ton Jupiter engine finally reaches its new home
A Wizard's Scribe
Before the phonograph and lightbulb, the electric pen helped spell the future for Thomas Edison
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