73pctgeek / #History

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/oct/25/scientists-rediscover-ancient-roman-colour-changing-glass

Exclusive: Optical engineering that went into 1,600-year-old Lycurgus Cup has baffled experts for centuries

https://dispatch.bazaarofwar.com/p/agincourt-and-the-illusory-universality

Yesterday was St. Crispin's Day, the anniversary of Agincourt - very nearly a sui generis battle. This upsets our usual notions of military art.

https://www.encyclopediaofinvisibility.com/

The Encyclopedia of Invisibility includes information that has been deemed hidden or erased from history. Isolated Labs, Inc. New York, NY.

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n18/pablo-scheffer/frightened-chicks

Olives didn’t take; the wine wasn’t as good as it was back home. Other industry remained limited. Despite building...

https://worksinprogress.co/issue/the-seven-vices-of-highly-effective-victorians/

The biggest empire the world has ever seen was run by a small elite who partied all night, drank liters of port, and stayed in bed until the afternoon.

https://www.britishmuseum.org/bayeux-tapestry-online-experience

Follow the story and discover the people, places and events of 1066 and the Battle of Hastings. Made for young learners, open to all.

https://anyhumanever.com/

Draw one random life from the more than 100 billion humans who have ever lived. Every detail sourced.

https://ordinaryabundance.com/

A walk through a modern apartment, through the eyes of the people for whom everything in it was new.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-it-was-like-to-seek-asylum-in-medieval-england

So you are in 13th century England and you’ve been accused of, or maybe have actually committed, a murder. To be taken into custody and tried would likely...

https://www.edwest.co.uk/p/the-greatest-norwegian

Harald Hardrada - your boys took a hell of a beating

https://bethmathews.substack.com/p/the-history-behind-the-signs-lighting

Branding Main Street America and a rabbit hole into the history behind the vacuum-formed signage found in our daily lives

https://commonedge.org/high-density-living-2000-years-ago-inside-the-roman-apartment-building/

An excerpt from the new book Dwelling on Earth: The Past and Future of the Places We Call Home.