Archeologists discover array of Aztec artefacts under Mexico City
An extensive cache of Aztec ritual offerings found underneath downtown Mexico City, off the steps of what would have been the empire’s holiest shrine, provides new insight into…
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US Congress considers seating Native American tribal delegate
The United States Congress is exploring the possibility of honouring a promise made nearly 200 years ago: seating a delegate from the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, a Native American…
Actress Anna May Wong to be first Asian American on US currency
When Anna May Wong first entered Hollywood in the 1920s, US entertainment was dominated by white filmmakers and actors. When people of other races were cast at all, it was often to…
US to expand historical site marking Native American massacre
Site in Sand Creek, Colorado memorialises the massacre of more than 230 Native Americans by US soldiers in 1864.The United States government has said it will expand the size of a…
A letter to … my immigrant mother, a girl in Vietnam
To the pre-teen girl selling ducks on the side of the road in Bien Hoa, I see you. You are sitting there in your too-small dress with your stepfather, the only father you have…
‘Once-in-a-lifetime’: Rameses II-era burial cave found in Israel
A team of experts finds pottery pieces and bronze artefacts dating back to the time of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh who died in 1213 BC.A team of Israeli archaeologists has made a…
Infographic: How were India-Pakistan partition borders drawn?
This animated map shows how the borders of the Indian subcontinent have evolved since the 1947 partition.Seventy-five years ago, Sir Cyril Radcliffe, a British lawyer, was…
Grand jury declines to indict woman in Emmett Till killing
A Mississippi grand jury has declined to indict the white woman whose accusation set off the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70 years ago, most likely closing the…
The Sixties in the Arab World: Politics
From: Al Jazeera WorldIndependence for former colonies, coups and conflict. The first in a three-part series on how the Arab World was transformed during the 1960s.The 1960s was…
Interactive: Explore Sudan’s pyramids of Meroe
Khartoum, Sudan – Google announced today the launch of a new immersive digital experience on Google Arts & Culture that will bring the world closer to the last capital of the…