EditorialAn artifact from the Mountain Dew Collection of the Reece Museum of East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tenn., on Feb. 3, 2023. (Mike Belleme/The New York Times)
EditorialAn artifact still partially buried at the Sak Tz’i’ archaeological site in Chiapas, Mexico, June 14, 2022. (Meghan Dhaliwal/The New York Times)
EditorialA war artifact turned into an artwork is displayed in an art center in Lviv, Ukraine, on July 24, 2022. (Diego Ibarra Sanchez/The New York Times)
EditorialThe bible of Idan Dershowitz, an Israeli-American scholar at the University of Potsdam, at his home in Somerville, Mass., Feb. 26, 2021. (Amani Willett/The New york Times)
EditorialThe bible of Idan Dershowitz, an Israeli-American scholar at the University of Potsdam, at his home in Somerville, Mass., Feb. 26, 2021. (Amani Willett/The New york Times)
EditorialJoe Biden is sworn in for a second term as vice president on Jan. 20, 2013, with his left hand resting on the Biden family Bible. (Josh Haner/The New York Times)