The Myth of the Aryan Race

The myth of the Aryan race falsely claimed that a superior, racial group called "Aryans" originated in Europe or India and was responsible for advancing human civilization. This idea, popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries, was based on misinterpreted linguistic and archaeological data. It was later used to promote racist and Nazi ideologies, suggesting some groups were inherently superior. In reality, "Aryan" is a linguistic term related to Indo-Iranian languages and has no scientific basis for racial classification or superiority. The myth is now recognized as a pseudoscientific and dangerous distortion.