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They fought the Egyptians, sacked Babylon, and built elaborate cities. Then the Hittites vanished. Today, new discoveries are ...

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When photographer Jim Richardson first pitched National Geographic Magazine on a story about his home state of Kansas, his ...

The weekly newspaper that ran from 1950 to 1970 declared itself the only paper ‘100% interested in San Diego’s Peninsula area ...

A season on the Northern Forest Canoe Trail—stretching from the Adirondacks to northern Maine—reveals fresh possibilities for ...

(‘I hear dead people’: How the world went wild for talking to spirits 100 years ago.) This story appeared in the September/October 2024 issue of National Geographic History magazine.

Only five other National Geographic photographers have received the award over the years. Brandenburg last contributed to the magazine in ... where he majored in art history while working for ...

The National Museum of Natural History recently spruced up its iconic African elephant mount, which has greeted visitors since 1959 ...