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How Women Got Dressed in the 14th & 18th Centuries: Watch the Very Painstaking Process Get Cinematically Recreated
https://www.openculture.com/2018/05/how-women-got-dressed-in-the-14th-18th-centuries.html
We live in an age of convenience, and one getting more convenient all the time. Few comparisons between past and present underscore that quite so much as the morning routine.
How To Build a 13th-Century Castle, Using Only Authentic Medieval Tools & Techniques
It's the rare Englishman who will readily defer to a Frenchman — except, of course, in the field of castle-building. This was true after the Norman Conquest of 1066, which introduced French castles to Britain, and it remains so today, especially under the demands of period accuracy.
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.
