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Pseudohistory is purported history which: Treats myths, legends, sagas and similar literature as literal truth; Is neither critical nor skeptical in its reading of ancient historians, taking their claims at face value and ignoring empirical or logical evidence contrary to the claims of the ancients
The myth that Columbus proved the Earth was round was propagated by authors like Washington Irving in A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus. [31] Columbus was not the first European to visit the Americas: [35] Leif Erikson, and possibly other Vikings before him, explored Vinland, an area of coastal North America.
Another type of evidence used by a number of pseudoarchaeologists is the interpretation of various myths as representing historical events, but in doing so these myths are often taken out of their cultural contexts. [31]
Scientists explored Beethoven’s ailments, linked remains to a Norse saga, uncovered colonial secrets, peeked inside an alchemy lab and debunked a royal hoax in 2024.
The myth that Columbus proved the Earth was round was propagated by authors like Washington Irving in A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus. Columbus was not the first European to visit the Americas: Leif Erikson , and possibly other Vikings before him, explored Vinland , an area of coastal North America.
To bolster their authority, white southern men and women churned out a flood of publications—memoirs of pre-Civil War experiences, history books and articles, novels, short stories, poems, and ...
Historical negationism, [1] [2] also called historical denialism, is falsification [3] [4] or distortion of the historical record. This is not the same as historical revisionism , a broader term that extends to newly evidenced, fairly reasoned academic reinterpretations of history. [ 5 ]
The Lost Cause of the Confederacy (or simply the Lost Cause) is an American pseudohistorical [1] [2] and historical negationist myth [3] [4] [5] that argues the cause of the Confederate States during the American Civil War was just, heroic, and not centered on slavery.