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Thank you for this. This explanation makes sense and jives with a couple other sources I’ve found about older timekeeping practices. It does seem like a logical progression from sundials. I want to try and remember to come back to this subject later, as I think there’s a lot more to be...

So JonLevi discussed this timezone issue in his recent video, starting at 11 minutes: Not to pick on Jon, I enjoy a lot of his work and to be clear, he’s citing another video, but it drives me a little bit crazy when these little pieces of “information” seem to make the rounds on YouTube...

Yes, heh. I saw that one too when looking at the relief and almost included it. According to wiki, that one dates to 1669 or 1673. Which if we take at face value, means that the modern image of antiquity was already in place by then, more or less. In fact, this is all seems to track if you...

Have y'all actually seen this thing? source Based on their clothing, when is this? Alexander (on the left) looks maybe like we'd expect, but the rest of the bunch, especially the King of the Persians, Darius III, (highest on the right) is looking pretty medieval, if you ask me. I think it...

Here you go: It is indeed ALWEG: Alweg, the original system Looking up the Fühlingen test track, I was able to find this much higher quality version picture of the monorail train. It looks like it's in a slightly different location from the picture in the video, but seems like both could...

Heh, some episodes but had to look up what you’re talking about. The whole thing is creepy. I guess that is what a snake skeleton looks like, I honestly had never really thought about it. Obviously connection to DNA here. Wonder what our artist was trying to convey... Looking briefly, this...

What the heck is the centipede looking thing wrapped around the giant? Edit: guess it’s supposed to be a snake. Okay. Also claims to be an art exhibit: Taiwan artworks take center stage at Thailand Biennale in Krabi - Taiwan Today

I feel like we have a lot of secret allies out there in our quest to uncover our stolen history. From the Jackonsville 1901 wiki: Citations needed indeed. Yet it remains. I’m starting to get the sense that most major cities have some sort of reason why they don’t have records of buildings...

I just posted in a thread about Napoleon (and the documentation that he was referred to as Nicholas) information that is related to this thread: Napoléon, aka Nicholas, Brutus and Ali Bonaparte: what do we know? I think taken in totality it lends credence to KD’s assertion that various...

I can’t believe I didn’t do this before, but here’s what wiki has to say about the origins of the name “Nicholas”: There’s a lot of ways to look at that in context, most of them seem fairly strange. So, I started to think about famous Nicholases (Nicholai?), but wiki had me covered with the...

Decided to bump this series of posts because I don't think it's gotten enough exposure on the rebooted blog, and I also stumbled upon a few details that I was unaware of regarding Washington DC and the earlier "founding" of Maryland. This seems like the most appropriate post to attach this...

Annnnnd we're back! Apologies for the delays, we'll say it's KD's fault because he's not here to defend himself :) In all seriousness, I had been unable to find the time during the business week to visit City Hall or the central library, until today. And apparently, I'm going to need to dig...

Agreed, for clarity, you mean 1576. Also, do you think that the street numbers were originally a part of this 1872 map or a later addition? The typeface is obviously different (I assume that it was maybe someone else's job to add the numbers after the map was drafted?). Here's a better...

Well, yes. I believe it's just these guys: Holland Land Company Sorry for the confusion, this map I just posted to show the name of the town at the time. The OP building would be located far off to the upper right. Just as a sidenote, noting that Niagara Street was once called...

So not that Fomenko was the first or only narrative questioner, but I like to see that there are more kindred spirits out there. Stumbled across this group today and thought it would be interesting to add. And I guess here is a good place! (Maybe.) A very reasonable approach, if you ask me...

Plan of Village of New Amsterdam, 1800? The second image speaks for itself, but also note "New York Reservation". It's debatable how tied this community is to any sort of United States at this point (if such a thing truly existed yet, even if only in the hearts and minds of a few).

Yup. I have to leave this for the moment, but just wanted to say that the "plans" for New Amsterdam (as Buffalo was called at the turn of the 19th century) all seem to include the canals initially (the ones from the Holland Land Company) but then later ones do not, up until the point that they...

Heh, no, at least not at this point. Part of my conjecture is that there's something special under the ground around here, and figuring out what that is could be useful. I was a bit put off at first on incorporating this into this thread, but the myths surrounding Tesla and the Niagara Falls to...

Thanks, jd. To clarify my position, I have little doubt that the canal stretch that was covered up was in fact an artificial passageway for water... I do speculate heavily on what it's original purpose was and when exactly it may have served it.

I want to thank you for your participation, you've really helped push me to try and coherently explain what I think is going on here (and why I needed a detour into the history of alternating current). Now, I obviously could be wrong, but it's my feeling (that I hope to confirm soon) that the...