Although certainly not modern, the Histomap is still a breathtaking example of good infographic design: A five-foot, roll-up chart that can fit an overview of human history on any wall.

In recent years, how Americans discuss, memorialize, and teach our nation’s history has become a new battlefront for ... slavery and racism—yet both impressions are incorrect. For example, the ...

Though some traditions associated with the Fourth of July have changed or disappeared over time – hosting mock funerals for the king of England, for example ... in the History of America.

Some 350,000 or more years ago, the group of hominins that would evolve to become Neanderthals and Denisovans left Africa for Eurasia. A few hundred millennia later, about 60,000 to 70,000 years ago, ...

Several years ago we created an infographic that charts the history of the Nobel Prize for Physics in terms of the discipline of the winning work (see figure). For example, last year the prize was ...

The history of this popular breakfast item is deeply ... Legends abound about the origins of the bagel—for example, that it was created to celebrate a victory over the Ottoman Empire or as ...