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Download 131,000 Historic Maps from the Huge David Rumsey Map Collection
The world has changed dramatically over the past 500 years, albeit not quite as dramatically as how we see the world. That's just what's on display at the David Rumsey Map Collection, whose more than 131,000 historical maps and related images are available to browse (or download) free online.
Akira Kurosawa to Ingmar Bergman: “A Human Is Not Really Capable of Creating Really Good Works Until He Reaches 80”
https://www.openculture.com/2013/12/akira-kurosawa-to-ingmar-bergman.html
In July of 1988, Ingmar Bergman—retired from film—turned 70. He had every reason to believe that his best work lay behind him. After all, he had won three Academy Awards (and the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award), two BAFTAs, seven Cannes prizes, six Golden Globes, and a host of other honors.
Watch the Titanic and Lusitania Sink in Real Time: One Fast, One Slow
How Everything in a Medieval Castle Worked, from Its Moats to Its Dungeons
Very few of us have ever set foot near a genuine medieval castle, especially if we don't happen to live in Europe. Yet practically all of us still, here in the twenty-first century, refer with some frequency to their components in our everyday speech.
Why Civilization Collapsed in 1177 BC: Watch Classicist Eric Cline’s Lecture That Has Already Garnered 7.6 Million Views
https://www.openculture.com/2021/08/why-civilization-collapsed-in-1177-bc.html
Discover the First Horror & Fantasy Magazine, Der Orchideengarten, and Its Bizarre Artwork (1919–1921)
How Everything in a Medieval Castle Worked, from Its Moats to Its Dungeons
Very few of us have ever set foot near a genuine medieval castle, especially if we don't happen to live in Europe. Yet practically all of us still, here in the twenty-first century, refer with some frequency to their components in our everyday speech.
Discover the Retirement Home for Elderly Musicians Created by Giuseppe Verdi: Created in 1899, It Still Lives On Today
Among my works, the one I like best is the Home that I have had built in Milan for accommodating old singers not favored by fortune, or who, when they were young did not possess the virtue of saving.
The World’s Oldest Homework: A Look at Babylonian Math Homework from 4,000 Years Ago
https://www.openculture.com/2025/05/the-worlds-oldest-homework.html
Homework has lately become unfashionable, at least according to what I've heard from teachers in certain parts of the United States. That may complicate various fairly long-standing educational practices, but it doesn't necessarily reflect an absolute drop in standards and expectations.
