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A standing ovation for a former SS trooper shows a “large knowledge gap” abbout the west’s own history, Polish govt minister told Breitbart. 

The German art historian who has led the British Museum since 2016 has stood down over a growing scandal over nearly 2,000 stolen artefacts.

A woman in Houston, Texas, who recently celebrated her 114th birthday, is now the oldest person living in the state, and her family members are grateful for her presence in their lives.

A historical tour for schools branded poet Alfred Tennyson among “notable LGBT people”, despite having no firm evidence of him being gay.

On Tuesday’s “Megyn Kelly Show,” Dr. William Allen — one of the authors of Florida’s social studies standards — defended the provision that instruction will include “how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit” and argued

A unique version of Stonehenge will delight crowds for a Celtic festival in Washtenaw County, Michigan, over the weekend.

In response to “the Biden White House, woke corporations, and the media” celebrating “PRIDE” for an entire month, Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX) will introduce a resolution designating July “American Pride Month” to celebrate America.

Archaeologists have hailed the discovery of an “extraordinary” well preserved bronze sword found at an ancient burial site in Bavaria.

An independent German commission recommended that a painting by Wassily Kandinsky currently owned by the Bavarian state bank be returned.

Malaysia said on Tuesday authorities were questioning the crew of a Chinese vessel detained on suspicion of looting World War II shipwrecks.

Once a year, Britons celebrate the rejection of dour political extremism while honouring tradition and history by wearing a sprig of oak.

A German court convicted five men Tuesday of breaking into a Dresden museum and stealing 21 pieces of jewelry.

Cleopatra was “culturally black,” according to a recent New York Times piece facing accusations of “blackwashing” history.

It’s easy to admire the pageantry and millennia of history on show without any resorting to mental gymnastics. Here’s what to watch out for.

American eighth graders’ test scores in history and civics have hit lows not seen in nearly two decades, according to the first Nation’s Report Card released after the coronavirus pandemic.

Archeologists in Livorno, Italy, discovered 175 silver Roman denarii coins, nearly all of which were in good condition.

A thousand-year-old Viking hoard consisting of coins and jewellery was reportedly found by a girl armed with a metal detector.

We deny ourselves the experience of history’s richness when we insist that it conform to our contemporary sensibilities and desires.

Welsh Government advice says statues of “old white men” such as Trafalgar hero Admiral Nelson may need to be removed or even destroyed to create the “right historical narrative” in an increasingly multicultural society.

Archaeologists have uncovered what they believe to be a Roman shrine beneath a former graveyard in the grounds of a cathedral in central England.

LONDON (AP) — Britain has reasserted its sovereignty over the Falkland Islands after Argentina pulled out of a cooperation agreement and demanded new talks over the South Atlantic territory that sparked a 1982 war between the two countries.

A couple in Arizona got the surprise of their life when they discovered 100 years of another family’s memories.

Dozens of far-left organizations are demanding the resignation of College Board CEO David Coleman following the organization modifying its AP African American Studies course after the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) rejected it as is, due to the inclusion of woke topics and blatantly leftist talking points.

England’s Northumbria Police force has flagged a statue of two Vikings in Jarrow, England, for possible “associations with far-Right symbolism”.

BERLIN (AP) – Hans Modrow, who served as East Germany’s last communist leader during a turbulent tenure that ended in the country’s first and only free election, has died. He was 95.

Anne Holton, wife of U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), denounced the Declaration of Independence and Constitution as “fundamental in enshrining slavery.”

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) administration is seeing bipartisan support after the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) rejected an AP (Advanced Placement) African American Studies course due to its woke content.

(AFP) – President Emmanuel Macron has said he will not “ask forgiveness” from Algeria for French colonisation but hopes to continue working towards reconciliation with his counterpart Abdelmajid Tebboune.

The Church of England announced that it has committed £100 million in a reparations-style package for its role in the historical slave trade.

The Black Lives Matter-inspired culture war on Britain’s history is continuing as a school named for English naval hero Sir Francis Drake is set to be rebranded after bosses decided he “sat at odds with the values of our school.”

December 25th 2022 will see the first Christmas broadcast to the United Kingdom and British Commonwealth by King Charles III, and the first by a monarch other than the late Queen Elizabeth II since 1951.

A theatre group has vowed to make their production of Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus more obviously racist in the hopes of highlighting the Bard’s alleged bigotry.

A Member of Parliament (MP) for Britain’s governing Conservative (Tory) Party plans to put forward a bill that will allow Parliament to strip Prince Harry and wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, of their titles, in response to their politically-charged Netflix series. 

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle featured a professor who said the Queen “wanted to be a figurehead for white supremacy” after her death in their tell-all Netflix docu-series. 

During the Battle of Pearl Harbor, Doris “Dorie” Miller became the first black man to win the Navy Cross for his heroism in battle.

The idea that the United Kingdom was founded on the back of “systemic racism” is reportedly held by nearly half of young people, polling has reportedly found.