Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We like to think that history is written in stone. Sometimes, it literally is. Other times, though, we don’t have nearly as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From the birth of Kyivan Rus, the first East Slavic state, to the onset of armed conflicts in the ensuing centuries, untangling ...

Everyone knows these iconic paintings, but most people get the story wrong. From the mistaken belief that Mona Lisa's eyes follow you around the room to the idea that George Washington actually stood ...

Previously I wrote about some common myths of historic preservation. Many of these myths came to the surface during local discussions on how Muncie should deal with historic neighborhoods and whether ...

The need for a thorough, evidenced-based understanding of Central Asia’s past is rising, given Russia’s tendency to try to reinvent history as it continues to harbor imperial geopolitical ambitions.

In a dozen books, most famously “Lies My Teacher Told Me,” he attacked historical misconceptions, particularly concerning the Black struggle in the South. By Robert D. McFadden James W. Loewen, a ...