We are all a sum of what’s gone before, from the frightening to the fantastical.
The History of The Guillotine
http://www.metaphor.dk/guillotine/Pages/History.html
A rather terrifying piece of machinery, but probably a lot less painful than the garrotte . . . one hopes.
Eleven Weirdest Ancient Mysteries
http://crazylinkz.blogspot.com/2006/08/11-weirdest-ancient-mysteries.html
True or false, fake or real–still part of our heritage, still things that fascinate us.
Antique Music Machines of Yesteryear
http://www.bandorganmusic.com/machines/
The charming things that made merry-go-rounds and circuses so musically memorable.
Kidipede – History for Kids
http://www.historyforkids.org/
I don’t care what the label says; I find it hugely interesting and entertaining!
Uchronia – The Alternate History List
http://www.uchronia.net/
From the real to the imagined, this is “an annotated bibliography of over 2,800 novels, stories, essays and other printed material involving the ?what ifs? of history. The genre has a variety of names, but it’s best known as alternate history.”
