as in chroniclers
a student or writer of history
historians are still trying to sort out fact from fiction in the story of Kateri Tekakwitha, the Lily of the Mohawks
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Made by History takes readers beyond the headlines with articles written and edited by professional historians.
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Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesús / Made By History, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
In addition, historians concluded other clothing items the Unknown was wearing could have been issued to a member of a unit like the 37th Engineer Combat Battalion.
—Nwa Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 4 Oct. 2024
New research is changing the way that historians understand ancient farming culture in North Africa.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024
In the past, art historians have told the family that the artwork wasn’t authentic.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024
The group disbanded not long after it was formed, but it is considered influential by photography historians.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2024
See more than 100 works by photographers at this exhibition, curated by Deborah Willis, one of the nation's leading historians of African American photography and culture.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 2 Oct. 2024
This view, dismissed by historians but increasingly common among white evangelicals, has been encouraged by recent Supreme Court decisions reinterpreting the establishment clause and embraced by prominent Republicans, most notably the speaker of the House, Mike Johnson.
—Ava Kofman, ProPublica, 2 Oct. 2024
Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesús / Made By History, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
In addition, historians concluded other clothing items the Unknown was wearing could have been issued to a member of a unit like the 37th Engineer Combat Battalion.
—Nwa Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 4 Oct. 2024
New research is changing the way that historians understand ancient farming culture in North Africa.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024
In the past, art historians have told the family that the artwork wasn’t authentic.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024
The group disbanded not long after it was formed, but it is considered influential by photography historians.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2024
See more than 100 works by photographers at this exhibition, curated by Deborah Willis, one of the nation's leading historians of African American photography and culture.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 2 Oct. 2024
This view, dismissed by historians but increasingly common among white evangelicals, has been encouraged by recent Supreme Court decisions reinterpreting the establishment clause and embraced by prominent Republicans, most notably the speaker of the House, Mike Johnson.
—Ava Kofman, ProPublica, 2 Oct. 2024
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