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A newly released 12-page guide, the Smithsonian’s latest collaboration with USA Today, invites readers to consider the ideals of 1776 and how they relate to our lives today with iconic objects and the ...

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Exhibition of Melsonby hoard in York challenges ideas about life in northern Britain 2,000 years ago Iron age objects that tell a dramatic story of female power and that dispel the myth that northern ...

An evangelical pastor and spiritual adviser to Donald Trump is defending a 22-foot golden statue of the president against criticism that it promotes false idol worship. “It represents the miracle of ...

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Many universities and museums in the U.S. have long held Native American burial artifacts, other sacred objects and even human remains. Most of these collections were acquired in the late 19th and ...

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