The Haenyeo, a group of skilled divers on Jeju Island, plunge beneath the ocean’s surface without any breathing equipment, ...

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The Archive Center at the National Museum of the American Indian presents a new exhibition that can help "interrupt the ...

The Zidanku Silk Manuscripts were smuggled into the United States in the 1940s. Scholars say they provide remarkable insights ...

More than a millennium ago, a Maya community collapsed in the face of a devastating drought. One writer joined an intrepid ...

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