As the World Trade Center collapsed and planes plunged from the sky, sending and receiving e-mail—the most popular Internet activity—became the indispensable communication tool.
As authorities continue to count the deaths and clear the rubble from the Pentagon in Washington and the World Trade Center site in New York City, experts agreed that the cluster of terrorist attacks on Tuesday was one of the worst catastrophes in U.S. history—including the most destructive events that have been inflicted by nature.
A basic tenet of corporations is that they survive from generation to generation, transcending the lives of even the most critical employees. September 11, 2001, will test that principle because of the scale of the terrorist attacks, some experts say.
The commanding general of the Confederacy's armed forces in the U.S. Civil War, Robert E. Lee, is one of four Americans honored with the most monuments and memorials. However, racists dishonor the memory of this hero of the American South by revering him while harboring racist views, writes historian Edward C. Smith.
Sitting atop a hill in the heart of Lhasa, the building that since 1645 has been the home of Tibet's spiritual leaders, the dalai lamas, is collapsing and infested with mice, according to its caretakers. Housing a collection of more than 70,000 Buddhist relics, the Potala Palace is one of the world's treasure houses.
Drawn in England in about 1290, the Mappa Mundi is the only complete wall map of Earth to have survived from the Middle Ages. More than a reference for geography, the map is a work of history, zoology, anthropology, and especially theology.
The Buddhas and other treasures of Cambodia's temples at Angkor have lain undisturbed below ground for centuries. Now, excavation is exposing them to danger as robbers steal them away amid inadequate security.
Elena Day landed the role of the colorful Green Bird in Cirque du Soleil's La Nouba after a decade of improvisational theater and dance. Day says the mix of humor, physicality, and huge audience response "really got me hooked."
Archaeologists believe they have found the burial site and treasure trove of the Mongolian warrior Genghis Khan. The discovery of a walled burial ground containing at least 60 unopened tombs has increased speculation that an expedition that is under way will succeed in tracking down the elusive conqueror, who was buried amid great secrecy and slaughter in 1227.
In ancient times, people from all over Europe traveled to Greece to have their questions about the future answered by the oracle of Delphi. Legend has it that she got her powers from vapors. Now, a four-year scientific study supports that notion.
In a remote village in a country far, far away, where almost no one has seen any of the Star Wars movies, many are reluctant to credit a film created by an American, for a predominantly Western audience, for their economic success. But as tourism has increased, some in Matmata, Tunisia blame the trade for an erosion of traditional culture and values.
For 20 years the U.S. Northwest has prided itself on a unique culture of craft brewing. With over 70 brewpubs and microbreweries in its metro area, believed to be more than any other city in the world after Cologne in Germany, Portland, Oregon, defines itself as America's craft beer capital.
