Night view of the UNESCO World Heritage-listed archaeological site of Caral-Supe, one of the oldest centers of civilization in the Americas.

McLoughlin Bros., Round the World with Nellie Bly, 1890.

Ratha Tep, based in Dublin, is a frequent contributor to The&nbsp;New York Times. She is working on her first children's book.

Ratha Tep

Ratha Tep, based in Dublin, is a frequent contributor to The&nbsp;New York Times. She is working on her first children&#8217;s book.

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Ratha Tep, based in Dublin, is a frequent contributor to The&nbsp;New York Times. She is working on her first children's book.

From raising families to leading armies, women such as Catherine the Great, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen Amanirenas, Queen Elizabeth I, Susan B. Anthony, Rosa Parks, Marie Curie, Rosalind Franklin and countless others have played a vital role in history.

Women’s History

Prehistory, the vast period of time before written records or human documentation, includes the Neolithic Revolution, Neanderthals and Denisovans, Stonehenge, the Ice Age and more.

Pre-History

Landmarks and monuments, the physical record of human civilization, include spectacular structures like the Eiffel Tower, Mount Rushmore, the Panama Canal, the Brooklyn Bridge and more.

Landmarks

Ancient America was home to sophisticated civilizations such as the Maya, Inca, Olmec and Aztec societies, and mysterious ruins like Chichen Itza, Teotihuacan, Serpent Mound, Tikal, Machu Picchu and the Nazca Lines.

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