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Child Labor Reform  Photograph of boys working in textile mill by Lewis Hine 1909. Library of Congress During the Progressive Er...

The Amazon Rainforest, often referred to as the "lungs of the Earth," is one of the most biodiverse regions on the planet. Spanning across nin...

The Olmec Civilization Map of the Olmec Civilization. 2024. WorldHistory.org  The Olmec civilization, often referred to as the "mot...

Incan Farming The Incan Empire, the largest and most advanced society in South America prior to European colonization, was located in the Andes...

Birds of the Amazon and Their Habitat The avian life in the Amazon Rainforest is full of wonders for nature lovers and bird enthusiasts. There ...

The Quechua  Peruvian Weavers, painting by Jo Fraser 2012. Jo Fraser  The Quechua people are any of the indigenous ethnic groups na...

Amazon Plant Medicine Traditional plant medicine in the Amazon Rainforest represents one of the most ancient and intricate systems of natur...

Untitled illustrated cartoon. Clifford Berryman in Washington Post 30 April 1906. National Archives Description: Shows William Taft reading T...

Archeology in the Early 1900s Flinders Petrie outside the tomb he lived in during his survey of the Great Pyramid, 1881. Photograph. Arche...

Pre-Colombian Mummification  When most people think about mummification, Egyptian mummies are usually the first that come to mind, brown s...

The Jivaro Jivaro Family on the Banks of the Alto Marañon. Historical and Ethnographical Material on the Jivaro Indians, The Smithsonian I...

The Amazon Rainforest  Aerial View of Amazon Rainforest. Photograph 2011 by Neil Palmer. Creative Commons  The Amazon Rainforest...