Learn how genomes from 28 ancient individuals show that Homo sapiens lived in southern Africa in near isolation for hundreds ...

American cultural celebration, will turn 59 years with 2025's observation. What you need to know about Kwanzaa 2025.

The soul-shattering abuses suffered by enslaved Africans, who were forcibly stripped of their languages, religions and other key aspects of their culture, were fortunately no match for their ...

Karnak Temple in Luxor Egypt Photo credit: Shutterstock.com / Abrilla The Pyramids of Egypt have been greeting the rising sun for over 5000 years and the Horemakhet (Great Sphinx), for over 8000 years ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) celebrates Women’s History Month by honoring Black women who spearheaded the fight for justice, equality and change.

President Trump’s 2017 tour of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture seems a distant memory. By Erica L. Green Using the full power of the federal government, ...

Giulio Lucarini receives funding for this study from the National Research Council of Italy (CNR) and ISMEO – International Association for Mediterranean and Oriental Studies, Italy. He is affiliated ...

Harvard professor and Birmingham, Alabama, native Imani Perry won the 2022 National Book Award for nonfiction for “South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation.

The Smithsonian says it retains the authority over personnel such as the director of the National Portrait Gallery, whose firing the president had announced. By Robin Pogrebin, Graham Bowley and ...