Colonialism
Why Did This Artist Lock Lips With Ancient Works of Indigenous Mexican Art?
Pepx Romero kissed and licked centuries-old archaeological wonders to raise awareness of the ongoing, contested sale of pre-Hispanic treasures
Captain Cook and His Crew Stole These Spears. Centuries Later, They're Finally Back in Sydney
The artifacts are on display alongside modern spears created by the descendants of the Indigenous Dharawal people
Is This New England's Oldest Known English Shipwreck?
New research suggests the vessel is the mysterious "Sparrow-Hawk"
Ancestral Homeland Returned to Rappahannock Tribe After More Than 350 Years
The historic reacquisition spans 465 acres in the Northern Neck of Virginia
The Vietnamese Secret Agent Who Spied for Three Different Countries
Known by the alias Lai Tek, the enigmatic communist swore allegiance first to France, then Britain and finally Japan
The Trailblazing Black Woman Chemist Who Discovered a Treatment for Leprosy
After Alice Ball's death in 1916 at age 24, a white man took credit for her research
The Myth of Agent 355, the Woman Spy Who Supposedly Helped Win the Revolutionary War
A single reference in the historical record has spawned an array of adaptations, most of which overstate the anonymous figure's role in the Culper Spy Ring
A Century Ago, American Reporters Foresaw the Rise of Authoritarianism in Europe
A new book tells the stories of four interwar writers who laid the groundwork for modern journalism
The 20th-Century History Behind Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
During WWII, Ukrainian nationalists saw the Nazis as liberators from Soviet oppression. Now, Russia is using that chapter to paint Ukraine as a Nazi nation
Germany, Austria Repatriate Dozens of Human Skulls to Hawaii
Earlier this month, a Hawaiian delegation retrieved 58 sets of ancestral remains from five European museums
How Agatha Christie's Love of Archaeology Influenced 'Death on the Nile'
In the 1930s, the mystery writer accompanied her archaeologist husband on annual digs in the Middle East
Meet the Indigenous Activist Who Toppled Minnesota's Christopher Columbus Statue
The unauthorized removal of the monument took place during the racial justice protests of summer 2020
A Toppled Statue of George III Illuminates the Ongoing Debate Over America's Monuments
In July 1776, colonists destroyed a sculpture of the English king. A new exhibit explores this iconoclasm's legacy—and its implications for today
How the Much-Debated Elgin Marbles Ended Up in England
For two centuries, diplomat Thomas Bruce has been held up as a shameless plunderer. The real history is more complicated, argues the author of a new book
Inside Idaho's Campaign to Include Indigenous History in Its Highway Markers
Native leaders and scholars are advising the State Historic Preservation Office's landmark decolonization project
After Breaking Ties With Britain, Barbados Announces Heritage District Tracing Slavery's Toll
The four-phase project will include a museum, global research center and memorial
Aztec Altar Secretly Built After the Spanish Conquest Discovered in Mexico City
Researchers found incense burners, a vessel containing cremated remains and other artifacts in the former capital of Tenochtitlán
Barbados Breaks With Elizabeth II to Become the World's Newest Republic
The Caribbean island removed the British monarch as head of state but will remain a member of the Commonwealth of Nations
Found in a Candy Tin: One of the First Coins Struck in Colonial North America
Illegally minted in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the 1652 silver shilling recently sold at auction for $351,912
Archaeologists Unearth 800-Year-Old Mummy in Peru
Scholars are studying the remains in hopes of learning more about the Indigenous peoples who lived in the region prior to the rise of the Inca Empire
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