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Historical Memory
The role of the Devil’s advocate was to argue against the beatification of mystics. Contrary to popular belief, they did not wear Prada.
The weird and wild ways mummy fever swept through Europe.
Unlike other world rulers, Genghis Khan was laid to rest not inside an elaborate mausoleum but an unmarked grave somewhere in Mongolia. Maybe.
The strangest thing about trying to predict the future is that our only clues lie in the past.
Contrary to popular belief, it’s not to mark Mexican independence.
Presidential gravesites are spread out “democratically” — but this is more by accident than design.
The Assam stone jars were described as early as 1929. Almost a century later, archaeologists still puzzle over their placement and purpose.
Researchers speculate the famous monument was one of the world’s first solar calendars, possibly inspired by trade with ancient Egyptians.
Russia has long sought to erase the mere idea of Ukraine. But people like my grandmother, born in Druzhkivka, will not let Russia win.
Using the Book of Mormon as a sacred but ambiguous atlas, the Latter-day Saints have been looking for the lost city of Zarahemla for decades.
Take a look at the Times Square Totem, the Trafalgar Square Pyramid, and other landmarks that were never built.
One hundred years ago, a Ukrainian flag flew over Vladivostok and other parts of the “Russian” Far East.
The Siege of Leningrad lasted over two years and claimed nearly a million lives. It also inspired writers to record the bleak conditions in which they lived.
Since Ukraine originally meant “borderland,” the territory was already a target for several kingdoms.