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I think it looks good and almost assures I'll stay up way too late on my phone. So, uh, thanks? :)

Of course we can't see what's on top. From the narrative: Trajan's Column - Wikipedia Who knew that coins would be depicted with "preliminary plans"? This Trajan seems to get a lot of things credited to his rule too, even though the narrative isn't shy to say:

I'm confused. So Machinery Hall didn't burn down, because it was only iron and glass. But both wiki and one of the other sources say: To compare to KD's picture, this is from the other side. Machinery Hall is on the left side (the rebuilt version is in the right far of the OP picture). Worth...

Good news, they're still finding stuff at Pompeii: No word yet on whether the Bluetooth still worked... I guess if stuff can survive 1800 years, what's another two hundred?

So, I just stumbled upon this while reading about the Baths of Titus/Trajan: Just as an aside, Baths of Titus, Baths of Trajan, Nero's palace... just what was this place? Battle of the Centaurs Don't worry though, they "debunk" this "nonsense": Is the Laocoön a fake by Michelangelo? (more...

And just for completeness, Terme di Tito is Baths (literally "spa") of Titus (or Trajan, if you believe our modern historians).

This is really the image that got me looking into the Baths of Titus/Trajan. What purpose did this drawing serve? Does this even match up with the engravings that he did?

Something curious about this: View of the Baths of Titus When we know "better" now, that's always a red flag to me. Edit: So here's the wiki "explanation", it's somehow even more convoluted than I thought: Baths of Trajan - Wikipedia So, the story is... people knew this was the Baths of...

You got it! Thanks. I was searching for "kits" and "catalog" but those precise words didn't actually appear the article. Swear I looked all the way through "Buildings and Structures" but I'm finding that I'm missing a few things trying to navigate the site in a mobile browser. I also foolishly...

Yeah, to be clear, I wasn't trying to really compare the two situations at all, but rather just pointing out that city planning and construction isn't always based on current population levels. In theory, it should be far easier to produce cities today of steel, cement, and drywall than these...

Heh, yeah. I mean, sure, the average person might find the picture quality available here to be anachronistic, but I would suspect that any expert in the field of photographic history wouldn't be. It's just that we are raised in a certain paradigm that tries to reject any anomalies to the...

I do not know how you would answer that. As you know, in the current era, we have the phenomenon of these vacant cities in China, which throws a wrench in any idea that construction has to be based on population need. Then there's the cultural aspect (which I don't think we understand well at...

Essentially, there is no photographic evidence to suggest the population of this city was so high at this time. We would see something... motion blur, horses, if not actual people. So unless everyone was in lockdown or everyone had the exact same sleep schedule, it's fairly unbelievable for the...

This all seems about right to me, but I'm probably too "radicalized" at this point. At the very least, it is yet another example that the arrow of progress, especially when it comes to technology, does not necessarily move forward. Being "better" often isn't the endgame, being cheaper/faster...

That car is absolutely hideous. Flying Landfill is more like it! Those chairs in the interior look pretty odd and uncomfortable too (so does the old man boy near the front.) But they put some crappy columns in, so I guess it's classy? The car also looks rougher in the supposed derailment photos...

Figured I should probably add that, of course, "the Aeolian Islands are one of 55 UNESCO World Heritage sites in Italy." The Aeolians: The Volcanic Islands

I wouldn't be surprised at all if it's from the same source. It's funny, there were a bunch of news articles from 2011ish stating how Google was trying to expand their underwater topological maps going forward... and then pretty much dead silence on the issue since then. And as I often find...

I'm skeptical. Google Earth Update Erases Underwater 'Atlantis' Error Bad data or cover-up? Another article has this, uhh, statement: Always love that. In the same vein as "we know more about our solar system than the deep ocean on Earth!" Which reads to me as "we don't know Jack about...

That story is hilarious, jd. At face value, I guess we're supposed to assume that for years they just assumed they bought a bunch of deformed 70mm film until someone actually read the companion paperwork. They must have felt pretty stupid... Always read the instructions, guys! (Or like you said...

Here's a Biograph film (company discussed here) of post-quake SF: