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How an Adventure-loving American Saved the Thai Silk Industry
Article by Kim Martins

How an Adventure-loving American Saved the Thai Silk Industry

Bangkok was once more commonly known as the Venice of the East due to the intricate network of waterways that crisscrossed the city in the 19th century CE. There were few roads in the 1800s CE so the city's inhabitants travelled and traded...
Spirit House at the Jim Thompson House Museum
Image by Kim Martins

Spirit House at the Jim Thompson House Museum

Spirit house in the gardens of the Jim Thompson House Museum Bangkok, Thailand. The spirit house was built in c. 1959 CE and is an exact replica of the larger Jim Thompson house and complex. It is the Thai belief that the spirit house would...
Drawing or Living Room at the Jim Thompson House Museum
Image by Kim Martins

Drawing or Living Room at the Jim Thompson House Museum

This is the drawing or living room at the Jim Thompson House Museum in Bangkok, Thailand. The house was built c. 1959 CE from teak that was hundreds of years old and salvaged by Jim Thompson from the ruins of Ayutthaya (c. 1351 - 1757 CE...
Internal Teak Staircase at the Jim Thompson House Museum
Image by Kim Martins

Internal Teak Staircase at the Jim Thompson House Museum

Internal teak staircase and Italian marble black and white tiles at the Jim Thompson House Museum in Bangkok, Thailand. The house was built in c. 1959 CE and incorporated six traditional teak houses that were brought down the canals or khlongs...
Jim Thompson Silk
Image by Kim Martins

Jim Thompson Silk

Silk scarves at the Jim Thompson House Museum gift shop in Bangkok, Thailand. This photo was taken in July 2019 CE.
John Hancock's Signature
Image by John Hancock; restored by Jim S.

John Hancock's Signature

The famous signature of US Founding Father John Hancock, printed on a letter; this signature famously appears on the US Declaration of Independence. Restored by Jim S., 15 September 2011. Massachusetts Historical Society.
Digging Into Scotland's Mysterious, Ancient Past
Video by National Geographic

Digging Into Scotland's Mysterious, Ancient Past

Scotland's Orkney Islands are so dense with human artifacts that they've been called "the Egypt of the North." At the site of a colossal complex that predates Stonehenge, archaeologists have discovered Neolithic art, pottery, and several...
Tracking the Cosmos: The Technology of the Antikythera Mechanism
Video by Getty Museum

Tracking the Cosmos: The Technology of the Antikythera Mechanism

March 4, 2010, The Getty Villa Jo Marchant, author of Decoding the Heavens, and science historian and physicist James Evans join award-winning journalist and author Patt Morrison to discuss the Antikythera Mechanism, a unique object recovered...
Egyptian Government Structure
Video by Cole Morrison

Egyptian Government Structure

Bibliography: Discovering Egypt Last Edited 2015 by Eyelid Productions Powered by Wordpress Valley of the Kings—Gateway to Afterlife Provides Window on the Past By Brian Handwerk National Geographic Copyright 1996-2015 All Rights...
Old Statue & Koi pond at the Jim Thompson House Museum
Image by Kim Martins

Old Statue & Koi pond at the Jim Thompson House Museum

One of the ponds filled with white Japanese Koi fish in the gardens of the Jim Thompson House Museum, Bangkok Thailand. The house was constructed c. 1959 CE. This photo was taken in TJuly 2019 CE.
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