Huis ten Bosch palace in The Hague, Netherlands built in 1645
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Sep 14, 2021 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
1908 Ruins of the city of Ani, Turkey
Sep 12, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Het Loo Palace in Apeldoorn, Netherlands built in 1686
Sep 4, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
1450 Map of the world by Fra Mauro
Two original editions of the map were made, one was lost in 1494. In the description of England it states "In ancient times Anglia was inhabited by giants, but some Trojans who had survived the slaughter of Troy came to this island, fought its inhabitants and defeated them"
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1669 Tokyo, Japan from "Atlas Japannensis" by Arnoldus Montanus. Based on his Jesuit missions in 1649 and 1661 to Japan and records from the Dutch East India Company
1669 city of Kagoshima-shi, Japan.
Aug 19, 2021 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
1874 Ruins of Mitla in Oaxaca, Mexico
1882, The ruins are dated between 450-700 AD
Aug 17, 2021 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
Serpent column from the Temple of the Warriors at Chichén Itzá ruins in Mexico
Pyramid of the Temple of Kukulcán
Aug 14, 2021 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
On May 31, 1578 a catacomb containing an estimated 500,000 remains was discovered near Rome’s Via Salaria road. The Catholic church distributed some of the remains throughout Northern Europe. Most of the decorated skeletons disappeared c1900