Experts say the earliest meaning of the English word farm was a yearly payment made as a tax or rent.

VOA: special.2010.01.31

Experts credit the Greek astronomer Archimedes with developing the earliest known device to show the daily movement of the planets.

VOA: special.2010.09.29

Visitors to the Computer History Museum can also see parts of one of the earliest large-scale electronic computing devices.

VOA: special.2011.02.15

The earliest process of making paper was done almost 5,000 years ago in Egypt and the Nile Valley.

VOA: special.2009.01.26

The earliest known copy of the poem in Francis Scott Key's own handwriting is housed at the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore.

VOA: special.2011.03.07

It is one of the earliest known marble statues of a human from the Greek area of Attica.

VOA: special.2010.08.04

The Discovery Center has exhibits about the earliest American Indians who lived in the area.

VOA: special.2009.07.20

Ms.Summer said she wanted to find the earliest relative from her father's family.

VOA: special.2010.06.28

One of the earliest methods developed for making glass containers is called core-forming.

VOA: special.2009.09.16

The earliest example of presidents sharing a name is the Adams family.

VOA: special.2009.07.24

Earthenware is one of the earliest kinds of clay used by humans.

VOA: special.2009.09.09

He traveled as a musician with some of the earliest jazz bands.

VOA: special.2010.02.28

It says the earliest beginnings are not clear.

VOA: special.2010.04.30

Among his earliest memories is the mega-construction project he saw from his home in the Berkeley hills.

VOA: standard.2010.06.21