Historical Evidence

history-biography

Christopher Columbus was born in the Republic of Genoa, in what is now modern-day Italy. This is the country of origin supported by the majority of historical scholarship based...

literature-history

Did Shakespeare write the plays attributed to him? The short, evidence-based answer is yes. Shakespeare was an actor and playwright in London in the late sixteenth and early sev...

history-culture

At its core, the phrase “blood eagle” describes a supposed method of ritual execution in which the victim is placed face down, ribs severed from the spine and flayed outward...

history-archaeology

Archaeology and the Bible intersect through material traces that help clarify places, dates, institutions, and lived experience in the ancient world. When researchers investigat...

history-biography

This article addresses whether Mary, Queen of Scots, committed rape, using historically grounded analysis rather than speculation. Mary (1542–1587) was queen of Scotland from...