Evidence-led history, clearly told.
Careful investigations of unresolved historical questions, disputed claims, incomplete records, and competing interpretations.
When Yale University announced the Vinland Map in 1965, the object seemed to place a European depiction of part of North America before Columbus. Its appeal came from the apparent…
Piltdown Man is useful not because it was true, but because it shows how long a bad answer can survive when it flatters expectations. In December 1912 Charles Dawson and…
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