By: MadamM
I've been in London for three weeks and I'm constantly stumbling over really, really old things. By my standards, at least; I grew up in the aforementioned Plano, TX. I'm also taking a course on the...
View ArticleBy: DevilsAdvocate
No cool old shit in North America? What about ~6000-year-oldcopper tools? Because while most of the rest of the world had to learn to smelt copper from ore first, native (sometimes 99% pure) copper is...
View ArticleBy: ericb
Oh come ON people. Pre-Columbian North American archaeology. Look into it! I recommend the book '1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus.'
View ArticleBy: longbaugh
Iain Sinclair has some interesting books about the history of London if you're into Psychogeography and other freaky stuff that has no basis in reality but helps fuel Alan Moore's general awesomeness....
View ArticleBy: vacapinta
This motivated me to lookup some of the older things near me here in Bloomsbury, London. The building I live in was built in 1803, I know that. Many of the nearby churches date from the early 1700's....
View ArticleBy: jb
dabitch has it right. H8 was not medieval -- he was EARLY MODERN. Esp since the current debate about his dad is whether H7 was the last medieval English king or the first modern one. (he's our...
View ArticleBy: joannemerriam
does it say "HOPE" across the bottom? posted by Shike at 1:38 PM on January 31 It says DIVORCE.
View ArticleBy: boo_radley
Curious Artificer: "Surely that's not everything you learned about England." Well, no. But I love the idea of a starched British couple named Peregrine and Constance.
View ArticleBy: LobsterMitten
artimisia, if you want towns (or, town centers) built before 1860, come east! We have lots of them.
View ArticleBy: EmpressCallipygos
This article talks about a particular cool old thing that I used to have to dust when I worked at my hometown's library when I was a kid. This is still cooler and older.
View ArticleBy: klanawa
I pretty much ripped out all the drywall looking for a picture of Pierre Trudeau or John Diefenbaker. Skunked.
View ArticleBy: artemisia
I've hosted friends from the west coast who are agog to see whole towns that were built before the Civil War (c.1860). Lobstermitten! Now I want travel advice from you. I'm in the mood for a road trip!
View ArticleBy: bwg
Well, it's better than removing kitchen wallpaper to find three dead bodies in a cupboard.
View ArticleBy: LobsterMitten
The fact is that most other countries have so much "cool old shit" that there's really a lot of it just laying around pretty much everywhere. This is so true, and so very different from the (average)...
View ArticleBy: robertc
No, but you might be able to find some if you dig in your backyard? The village where I grew up was the subject of a television programme on the BBC in the Autumn. I've not got round to watching all of...
View ArticleBy: biffa
I can see two of Henry VIII's castles from where I'm sitting typing this. And a really rubbish, lit-up, glass-fronted sports centre, which I am sure the council is very proud of. And the deepest...
View ArticleBy: Xoebe
It is little known that "Thomas Cranmer, Arch Deacon of Taunton in the 16th Century" forfeited half his security deposit when the landlady found the walls covered - covered - in graffiti.
View ArticleBy: Capt. Renault
MEDIEVAL WALL KING IS WATCHING YOU MASTURBATE Especially when you do it al fresco.
View ArticleBy: Capt. Renault
America is decidedly lacking in cool old shit. Don't worry -- they'll be doing the same thing in 500 years when they discover all those Hendrix posters.
View ArticleBy: Ricachica
yes the leading technology that had been developed in the US is so boring and not cool...... Our "cool shit" is not necessarily in rocks or dirt but is cutting edge and new age. open your eyes
View ArticleBy: elsietheeel
Well, Europe is where the history comes from. "Cos you think we all live in castles. And we do all live in castles! We've got a castle each. We're up to here with fucking castles. We just long for a...
View ArticleBy: crunchland
Everywhere but North America has all the cool old shit. --- Yeah. Good thing we wiped out those boorish, no-class barbarians when we did. How dare they not leave us and crumbling wall paintings for...
View ArticleBy: peachfuzz
Henry and the Tudors aren't generally considered medieval; more like late Renaissance/Early Modern. The end of the War of the Roses, the transition from Plantagenet to Tudor, is actually one of the...
View ArticleBy: CitrusFreak12
"medieval"? Proof of time travel at last!This is particularly significant in that it's a painting of the lesser-known, medieval Henry VIII. ... I'm lost. Help?
View ArticleBy: bearwife
I always think of Henry VIII as a Renaissance prince and king, not a medieval one. And count me for one as disappointed this isn't a Hans Holbein mural. It is interesting and probably not surprising...
View ArticleBy: Diablevert
I wonder what Lawrence Llewellen Bowen would do. Toss his hair over his shoulder, make a moue, sigh with weary disdain, and then stripe something in teal and cerulean while sniggering?
View ArticleBy: Ad hominem
The fact is that most other countries have so much "cool old shit" that there's really a lot of it just laying around pretty much everywhere. Like this couple, can't even do a bit of remodeling without...
View ArticleBy: Long Way To Go
While the comment "America is decidedly lacking in cool old shit." is a bit over the top as many have pointed out. The fact is that most other countries have so much "cool old shit" that there's really...
View ArticleBy: longbaugh
I've been Marlowe-ing out (ha!) with some Elizabethan history recently. Burgess'A Dead Man in Deptford, Frances Yates'The Occult Philosophy in the Elizabethan Age (not light reading - see...
View ArticleBy: scalefree
Damn you to hell scalefree. I've had Herman's Hermits stuck in my head since this thread came up in my RSS reader almost two hours ago. DAMN YOU! Heh. I saw the story & knew I had to post it, if...
View ArticleBy: incster
America is decidedly lacking in cool old shit. I would like to point out that there were people in America when the Europeans showed up. There is plenty of cool old shit in America.
View ArticleBy: immlass
The thing I noticed were the big windows right next to the mural. I'm pretty sure the windows aren't original and I winced thinking about how the light from the murals would make it fade over time if...
View ArticleBy: Rock Steady
Damn you to hell scalefree. I've had Herman's Hermits stuck in my head since this thread came up in my RSS reader almost two hours ago. DAMN YOU!
View ArticleBy: quin
It makes sense that they discovered it while remodeling, but as I read the headline, I was really hoping that it was there, on display, the whole time, and no one ever really noticed. "Hey Hon, I'm...
View ArticleBy: Ad hominem
I am painting a mural of a Krispy Kreme donut burger glory hole on my living room wall as we speak.
View ArticleBy: longbaugh
We are kind of spoiled growing up with all our history in Europe (I imagine it's even more so for cultures that can trace back several milliennia beyond our oldest records). I've lived within eyeshot...
View ArticleBy: Mister Fabulous
America is decidedly lacking in cool old shit. We make up for it by making cool new shit: Krispy Kreme donut burgers, glory holes, Las Vegas, movies, the internet, and anything everything listed in the...
View ArticleBy: FatherDagon
Everywhere but North America has all the cool old shit. Dig deeper. No, deeper than that. Keep going... yes, that's it...
View ArticleBy: SMPA
There's a Hopewell-ish (*) mound across the street from my mom's subdivision. The guy who owns the place next door seems to include the grass in his own mowing efforts, which is nice. Our biggest...
View ArticleBy: Baby_Balrog
Bah, England doesn't have really old stuff. I stayed on a farm near Beit Sahour, they put me up in the "new" house. It was built in the 17th century. The owners lived in the "old" house which was built...
View ArticleBy: Gungho
(Paraphrasing an old comic routine) I have an axe once owned by George Washington. Only the handle and the blade have been replaced.
View ArticleBy: HumanComplex
backseatpilot: "Yeah, but I can't find any of THAT stuff by sweeping out my attic." You need to watch more Antiques Roadshow. You could have a National Treasure up there. TREASURE I tell ya!
View ArticleBy: elsietheeel
Yeah, but I can't find any of THAT stuff by sweeping out my attic. No, but you might be able to find some if you dig in your backyard?
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