Marina Amaral
@marinamaral.bsky.social
Digital colorist, history buff, bestselling author, Forbes Under 30, loves dogs and coffee, etc. #actuallyautistic
It's been a while since I've published anything, and this is the piece that made me want to write again! If it gets to you the way it got to me, please share it with someone. open.substack.com/pub/marinaam...
The 21-Year-Old Captain Who Led a Football Charge into Machine-Gun Fire
On this day in 1916, the slaughter of a generation had begun.
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Archaeologists discovered P. falciparum DNA in both 16th century Medici skeletons. 🦟🏺🧪
Ancient-DNA analysis solves 500-year-old mystery of what killed 2 Medici brothers
An ancient-DNA analysis of the bones of two members of the Renaissance Medici family has confirmed they had malaria when they died.
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On the first morning of the Battle of the Somme, thousands of British soldiers had to climb out of their trenches and walk across open ground straight into German machine-gun fire. To keep his own men from freezing …
On the morning of Sunday 25 June 1848, the daguerreotypist Charles‑François Thibault made images of barricades on the rue du Faubourg‑du‑Temple from a window of his building; one of these plates was later used as the basis for...
Olive Edis was one of the first women in Britain to look at a camera and realize she could actually make a career out of it. She ran studios in Norfolk and London (the first opened in 1905), boasting a portfolio that ranged from local fishermen to history badasses like Emmeline Pankhurst.
Hello everyone, I have once again failed to post regularly.
This photo is one of the earliest photographic portraits of a human being ever made, and also - maybe - the second known self-portrait in history. The man looking back at you is Robert Cornelius, who took this in late 1839, in the yard behind his family's business in Philadelphia.
8️⃣ 'Pioneras 1850-1960', de Marina Amaral - Dan Jones @marinamaral.bsky.social 🔗 www.despertaferro-ediciones.com/revistas/num...
I have this print hanging on the wall of my office. Reminds me that school is for everyone and that’s something worth fighting for. Also, this amazing photo was colorized by the great @marinamaral.bsky.social
🦋 Phenomenally Autistic 🦋| Ayanna Sanaa Davis@ayannasanaa.bsky.social · 11mo agoHappy Birthday to Ruby Bridges! She’s ONLY 71! Think about that!
While I’m off traveling and soaking in the chaos beauty of new places (and collecting stories to bring back to you), now’s a good time to catch up on a past favorite. If you haven’t read my piece on the Titanic yet, it’s waiting for you right here! open.substack.com/pub/marinaam...
How I Survived the Titanic
A personal and emotional account by a Titanic survivor
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I colorize history for a living, but tell me a Greek statue wasn't originally all white and my brain just nopes out. I'm a total hypocrite, I know. Don't care. Keep your rainbow Zeus away from me.
I climbed the Acropolis. Brutal sun, way too many people. And at the top, the Parthenon - huge, perfectly designed to trick your eyes into seeing symmetry. I’ve seen it in books, in every documentary ever made about ancient Greece. I’ve written about it. But none of that actually prepares you.
This VE Day, I want you to remember these faces metro.co.uk/2025/05/08/t... via @MetroUK
This VE Day, I want you to remember these faces
This VE Day, I want people to remember the faces of individuals like Czeslawa Kwoka.
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(This colourisation by @marinamaral.bsky.social in 2016 moved me a lot.) #OTD in 1943, innocent Czesława Kwoka, just 14 years old, died in Auschwitz extermination camp. #WW2 #HISTORY
Just finished reading “The Colour of Time” by Dan Jones and Marina Amaral. Fascinating worldwide walkthrough the historical context behind recolourised photos, making linkages between events as I had never read before, through daily life and drama 1850-1960. Really worth it if you can get it.
Women’s achievements have always been met with resistance. Every profession, every right, and every space we entered was one we had to fight for, mostly during a time when something as simple as wearing pants or opening a bank account was once considered radical.
The Multangular Tower - one of the corner-towers from the legionary fortress at York (Eboracum). The smaller stones in the lower half are Roman, the upper portion dates to the medieval period. 📸 My own. #RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain #York
Questions & Answers Ep 23: In our latest Old Front Line #podcast we cover the military importance of Ypres in WW1, the French Cemetery and Memorials at Notre Dame de Lorette, weather on the Western Front, and the role of Women in the British Army. oldfrontline.co.uk/2025/02/15/q...
Questions and Answers Episode 23
Our latest Questions and Answers cover the military importance of Ypres in WW1, the French Cemetery and Memorials at Notre Dame de Lorette in Northern France, weather on the landscape of the Wester…
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Te contamos sus historias en dos de nuestros libros, Pioneras (bit.ly/3GHgFTi), de Marina Amaral y Dan Jones, y en Historia(s) del siglo XX (bit.ly/4h3sX94), de Rafael Caballero y Diego Delgado, preciosamente ilustrado por Andrea Cid.
I think about ancient Roman graffiti a lot. My favorite has to be one from Pompeii that reads, 'Chie, I hope your hemorrhoids rub together so much that they hurt worse than they ever have before!'
Feb 13 1917 #OTD Famous Dutch Dancer Mata Hari was arrested at her room at the Hotel Elysée Palace on the Champs Elysées in Paris. Suspected spy codenamed Agent H-21 for Germany. She is executed on Oct 15 1917 On left is a colourization by @marinamaral.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/this...
This Day In WWI@thisdayinwwi.bsky.social · last yr.Seattle Star #OTD Jul 9 1915 reports on UK's Mata Hari. Using a network based out of Bond St, London, beauty salon owner and fabulously rich Madam Bertha Trost tried to find out what British POW camp her German son was being held. She was caught and forced into exile. bsky.app/profile/this...
Found books for in-conversation Hidden in Print on #InternationalWomensDay @porticolibrary.bsky.social. These are books by women that the 19thC artist Mary Severn Newton knew or read. The books needed some tlc.Then we’ll raise a glass to women on Sat 8 March 4.30pm 🙏 @artscouncilengland.bsky.social
The first in a two-part exploration of Shakespeare’s emotional and memorial associations with Stratford and the surrounding landscape open.substack.com/pub/mathewly...
As I walked out from Henley Street one morning… (part one)
Steps towards a psychogeography of Shakespeare's Stratford
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I think about ancient Roman graffiti a lot. My favorite has to be one from Pompeii that reads, 'Chie, I hope your hemorrhoids rub together so much that they hurt worse than they ever have before!'
I actually wrote about that a few days ago: marinaamaral.substack.com/p/how-art-th...
How Art Thrives in Times of Change, and a Personal Message
where I've been, plus learning that having an identity crisis is actually part of the creative process
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Karl Mercer@karlantmercer.bsky.social · last yr.I remember the old days over on the other place, when @marinamaral.bsky.social would pull things like this apart and show the incredible research that goes into accurately colourising old b&w photos!
Who cares about historical accuracy in a history magazine c'mon
The Fake History Hunter@fakehistoryhunter.net · last yr.Can you spot what's wrong with this cover?
