Colonialism
Reckoning With—and Reclaiming—the Salem Witch Trials
A new exhibition unites 17th-century artifacts with contemporary artists' responses to the mass hysteria event
Who Is the Enslaved Child in This Portrait of Yale University's Namesake?
Scholars have yet to identify the young boy, but new research offers insights on his age and likely background
Statue of Pre-Hispanic Woman Will Replace Columbus Sculpture in Mexico City
The towering likeness is an oversized replica of a 15th- or 16th-century limestone artwork discovered earlier this year
Why a New Plaque Next to Oxford's Cecil Rhodes Statue Is So Controversial
The sign identifies the 19th-century statesman as a "committed British colonialist"
Abdulrazak Gurnah, Chronicler of Migrant Experience, Wins 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature
The Zanzibar-born author of ten novels tells richly detailed stories about people living "in the gulf between cultures and continents"
Obsidian 'Spirit Mirror' Used by Elizabeth I's Court Astrologer Has Aztec Origins
Tudor polymath John Dee used the artifact in his attempts to communicate with angels and apparitions
Trove of Artifacts, Many Recovered From Abroad, Traces 4,000 Years of Mexican History
A new exhibition in Mexico City features 1,525 objects linked to the Maya, Toltec, Teotihuacán, Aztec and Mixtec cultures
Colonial-Era Papers Stolen From Mexico's National Archive Return Home
The documents, many of which are directly linked to conquistador Hernán Cortés, were smuggled out of the country and auctioned in the U.S.
Viking Map of North America Identified as 20th-Century Forgery
New technical analysis dates Yale's Vinland Map to the 1920s or later, not the 1440s as previously suggested
The Sights and Sounds of the Sea Have Inspired American Artists for Generations
Exhibition spotlights crashing waves, maritime voyages and seafaring vessels painted by Georgia O'Keeffe, Normal Rockwell and Jacob Lawrence
The Polynesian 'Prince' Who Took 18th-Century England by Storm
A new nonfiction release revisits the life of Mai, the first Pacific Islander to visit Britain
Looted Maqdala Treasures Returned to Ethiopia After 150 Years
A nonprofit foundation purchased the objects, which were seized by British troops in 1868, with the aim of restituting them
Aztec Pictograms Are the First Written Records of Earthquakes in the Americas
New analysis of the 16th-century "Codex Telleriano-Remensis" reveals 12 references to the natural disasters
This Eighth-Grade Class Wants to Clear the Name of an Accused Salem 'Witch'
Elizabeth Johnson Jr. was sentenced to death in 1693 but escaped execution after receiving a reprieve from Massachusetts' governor
This Map Details Florida's Disappearing Native American Landscape
A 19th-century reporter’s invaluable guide offers a look at the earliest residents of the area surrounding the Tampa Bay
Machu Picchu Is Older Than Previously Thought, Radiocarbon Dating Suggests
New research indicates that the Inca settlement was in continuous use from at least 1420 to 1530
Was La Malinche, Indigenous Interpreter for Conquistador Hernán Cortés, a Traitor, Survivor or Icon?
A new exhibition at the Denver Art Museum explores the legacy of an enslaved woman who aided Spain's conquest of the Americas
Why Germany's Newly Opened Humboldt Forum Is So Controversial
Critics cite the Berlin museum's ties to the country's colonialist past
Unraveling the Colonialist Myths of Nova Scotia
Planners saw the region as a blank space ripe for transformation: the perfect canvas for imperial fantasies
Brooklyn Museum Returns 1,305 Pre-Hispanic Artifacts to Costa Rica
The NYC cultural institution sent the objects to the Museo Nacional de Costa Rica as an "as an unrestricted gift"
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