Restoring History

Humans in the Americas

In this Science Bite, Museum scientist Steve Holen talks about the quest to identify the time period in which humans first arrived in the Americas.

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Babylon and Beyond: Preserving Iraqi Cultural Heritage

Diane Siebrandt will share her experiences as the U.S. State Department's cultural heritage liaison officer at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq.

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August 10, 2010
For more than a century, natural history museums have collected objects from Native American cultures. Most of them were gathered through scientific expeditions, purchases, and donations. However, some objects came to museums in more questionable ways.

In this Science Bite, Museum scientist Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh, explains the law that's helping thousands of cultural items get returned to the tribes to which they belong.

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