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Robert II of Scotland ruled as king from 1371 to 1390. Born Robert Stewart, he succeeded the heirless David II of Scotland (r. 1329-1371) and so founded the royal house of Stewart. Dividing Scottish estates between his many...

The Star Spangled Banner, painting by Percy Moran, c.1913. This painting shows Francis Scott Key standing on a ship whilst pointing at the US flag over Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore in 1814. His poem about...

A conversation between David Silverman and Aquinnah Wampanoag tribal elder David Vanderhoop around the myth of Thanksgiving and how it fits into broader misconceptions...

The Pawnee are a Native American nation of the Plains Indians culture originally from the region of modern Nebraska. Prior to the European colonization of the Americas, they were among the most powerful of the Plains Indian tribes numbering...

Photograph of the Northern Cheyenne chiefs Little Coyote (better known as Little Wolf) and Morning Star (better known as Dull Knife) by William Henry Jackson, 1873.

Chief Morning Star (also known as Dull Knife) of the Northern Cheyenne (l. c. 1810-1883). US National Archives and Records Administration.

The sweat lodge is a temporary or permanent structure integral to Native American culture and frequently used in spiritual ceremonies. The lodge is often a low, dome-shaped, structure heated by hot rocks which produce...

The Philistines populated the coastal regions of Canaan from the 12th century BCE to their disappearance in 604 BCE. The word "Philistine" derives from the Hebrew ha-Plištim for the combination of several tribes of Syria and Judea...

A replica of the North Star locomotive, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-59) for the Great Western Railway, England. The North Star class ran from 1838. (Swindon Steam Museum)

The nativity of Jesus of Nazareth is told in the gospels of Matthew and Luke. In Christian theology, the existence of two nativity stories by two different writers provided a prooftext for the historicity of the event. However...