Greece of the dayancientathens3d.comenGreece
Ancient Athens 3D
A long-running hobby project rebuilding Athens in 3D, era by era — from the Mycenaean period to 1833: the Acropolis, the Agora, Kerameikos and Roman Athens.
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Greece of the day
Site of the dayartvee.comenWorldwide
Artvee: public domain art, in high res
Artvee is a big archive of public domain paintings, drawings, illustrations and posters, neatly sorted, with artist pages and free high-resolution downloads.
Instagram of the day@pompeii_parco_archeologicomixItaly
Pompeii from the inside
The official Instagram of the Pompeii Archaeological Park: frescoes, Roman houses and street-food counters, ancient gardens, and grape harvests where Romans once picked.
TikTok of the day
@linguisticdiscoveryenWorldwide
Linguistic Discovery: linguistics with Danny Hieber
A PhD linguist explains how languages work, where words come from and how writing began, with plenty of lesser-known languages.
Brazil of the daybrasilianaiconografica.art.brmixBrazil
Brasiliana Iconográfica: Brazil through artists' eyes
A virtual museum of images of Brazil from the 1500s to the 1920s: prints, watercolors, paintings, maps and scientific illustrations from four major Brazilian collections. In Portuguese.
Site of the dayoldbaileyonline.orgenUnited Kingdom
Old Bailey Online: London's court records, 1674–1913
A fully searchable archive of London's central criminal court: over 197,000 trials from 1674 to 1913, told largely in the words of the witnesses and defendants themselves.
Pinterest of the dayдоска «Thread of Inspiration»enWorldwide
It's Nice That's inspiration thread
It's Nice That's board of 1,000+ pins tracing graphic design history, type and visual culture, from Bi Sheng's movable type to Jan van Toorn.
Argentina of the daytodotango.commixArgentina
Todotango: all things tango
A big Argentine tango archive: biographies of musicians and poets, lyrics, sheet music, recordings, history pieces and a whole section on Carlos Gardel. English version included.
Netherlands of the daytopotijdreis.nlmixNetherlands
Topotijdreis: 200 years of Dutch maps
A map of the Netherlands with a year slider, from Napoleonic-era surveys in 1815 to aerial photos of the 2020s. Watch sea turn into polder and villages into cities.
Telegram of the day@pdmoviesenWorldwide
Public Domain Movies
Old films that have entered the public domain, free and legal to watch: noir, early talkies and 1920s–50s cartoons. Several new titles every day.
Pinterest of the dayдоска «Photographie / Photography»mixFrance
Gallica: vintage photography from French archives
Around 800 historic photos from France's national library: daguerreotypes, Eugène Atget's Paris and press photography from the early 1900s.
Kazakhstan of the daywalkingalmaty.comenKazakhstan
Walking Almaty: an urban field guide
A photo field guide to the small stuff on Almaty's streets — whitewashed trees, irrigation ditches, carved window frames, tiled facades — and why each one is there.