Biden to create new national monuments in California’s desert and far north
Bolstering his environmental legacy, President Biden plans to sign proclamations creating the Chuckwalla and Sáttítla ...
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Oldest 3D map discovered in French cave rewrites history
Scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery in the Ségognole 3 cave near Paris. They found engravings on the floor that ...
How did the wildfires in Los Angeles start?
The Los Angeles wildfires are being fueled by what the National Weather Service said could be the strongest Santa Ana ...
How does the Great Chicago Fire compare to Palisades fire? A look at the numbers
The most devastating wildfire in Los Angeles history continues to burn, evoking comparisons to The Great Chicago Fire that ...
What the cult of Aphrodite reveals about ancient attitudes towards love—and desire
A mix of ancient divinities, Aphrodite was patron over love, beauty, fertility, and war. But the venerated Greek deity has a ...
From beer trails to battling dinosaurs—discover why Raleigh should be your next US destination
Home to over 40 free museums, parks and attractions, North Carolina's capital city has much to offer inquisitive visitors — ...
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3 ways Jimmy Carter changed the world for the better
As his wife Rosalynn Carter looks on, Jimmy Carter embraces his grandson Jason at National Geographic headquarters in 2002. At the time, Jason had just published a book with National Geographic on ...
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The deceptively unreal experience of visiting ‘real’ historic sites
It is interesting to see how these buildings were put together and to hear about mid-18th-century life, but I left feeling somewhat unsettled: I was looking at a historical site, but not really.
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New Year’s resolutions aren’t a fad—they have endured for thousands of years
Photograph by World History Archive, Alamy Stock Photo Every January 1, millions of people set intentions to exercise more, spend less, or be kinder—a ritual that feels deeply modern but has ...
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Why the idea that the Maya civilization ‘collapsed’ is wrong
In a study published in the December Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, their team examined prior attempts to map the population of the region, focusing on the decades spanning the collapse ...
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This ancient Silk Road town was almost lost to time
art, and temples, was abandoned, and the sands swallowed the glory that had been Dandan-Oilik. This story appeared in the November/December 2024 issue of National Geographic History magazine.