Scientists discovered the fossils of the oldest arthropod with a mandible — a 508 million year old marine animal. Tokummia ...
Smithsonian contributor Jo Marchant tells us about the yearslong campaign to read these scrolls. And Youssef Nader—one of the ...
In the early 1800s, a Swiss explorer tricked his way into Petra, the ancient oasis whose location ... In 1812, Swiss scholar Johann Ludwig Burckhardt found himself standing at the entrance to ...