Marina Amaral
@marinamaral.bsky.social
Digital colorist, history buff, bestselling author, Forbes Under 30, loves dogs and coffee, etc. #actuallyautistic
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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
Also, this amazing photo was colorized by the great @marinamaral.bsky.social
Happy Birthday to Ruby Bridges! She’s ONLY 71! Think about that!
September 8, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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
Also, this amazing photo was colorized by the great @marinamaral.bsky.social
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!
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How I Survived the Titanic
A personal and emotional account by a Titanic survivor
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June 9, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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...
open.substack.com/pub/marinaam...
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.
May 30, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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.
Good morning indeed
May 30, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Good morning indeed
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.
May 29, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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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May 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This VE Day, I want you to remember these faces metro.co.uk/2025/05/08/t... via @MetroUK
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For dog lovers, especially @marinamaral.bsky.social.
March 11, 2025 at 6:46 AM
For dog lovers, especially @marinamaral.bsky.social.
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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
March 12, 2025 at 7:16 AM
(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
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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.
February 24, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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.
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Een onvervalste Marina Amaral (Mata Hari)
February 23, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Een onvervalste Marina Amaral (Mata Hari)
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.
March 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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.
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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
February 15, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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
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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.
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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…
oldfrontline.co.uk
February 15, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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...
oldfrontline.co.uk/2025/02/15/q...
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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.
February 11, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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.
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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!'
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!'
February 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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!'
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!'
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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...
On left is a colourization by @marinamaral.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/this...
February 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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...
On left is a colourization by @marinamaral.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/this...
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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
🙏 @artscouncilengland.bsky.social
February 14, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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
🙏 @artscouncilengland.bsky.social
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The first in a two-part exploration of Shakespeare’s emotional and memorial associations with Stratford and the surrounding landscape
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As I walked out from Henley Street one morning… (part one)
Steps towards a psychogeography of Shakespeare's Stratford
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February 14, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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...
open.substack.com/pub/mathewly...
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!'
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!'
February 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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!'
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...
February 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I actually wrote about that a few days ago: marinaamaral.substack.com/p/how-art-th...
Who cares about historical accuracy in a history magazine
c'mon
c'mon
February 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Who cares about historical accuracy in a history magazine
c'mon
c'mon
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Good piece.
Worth noting that the Knights also operated a highly effective franchise system out of Malta.
They'd provide seed capital, loans to buy goods/a ship from their dockyards and crew training. Also (effectively) liability cover and legal support if the Venetians nabbed you for piracy.
Worth noting that the Knights also operated a highly effective franchise system out of Malta.
They'd provide seed capital, loans to buy goods/a ship from their dockyards and crew training. Also (effectively) liability cover and legal support if the Venetians nabbed you for piracy.
How Medieval Navies Recruited Sailors Who Didn’t Want to Sail, by @anyfourcastles.bsky.social https://www.medievalists.net/2025/02/medieval-navies-recruited-sailors/ #MaritimeHistory #NavalHistory
How Medieval Navies Recruited Sailors Who Didn’t Want to Sail - Medievalists.net
Medieval navies struggled to find willing sailors, often resorting to bribes, deception, and even forced service to fill their ranks. From staged sea battles to promises of silver and spoils,…
www.medievalists.net
February 4, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Good piece.
Worth noting that the Knights also operated a highly effective franchise system out of Malta.
They'd provide seed capital, loans to buy goods/a ship from their dockyards and crew training. Also (effectively) liability cover and legal support if the Venetians nabbed you for piracy.
Worth noting that the Knights also operated a highly effective franchise system out of Malta.
They'd provide seed capital, loans to buy goods/a ship from their dockyards and crew training. Also (effectively) liability cover and legal support if the Venetians nabbed you for piracy.
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Edgar Allan Poe was paid $9 for "The Raven" when it was first published on January 29, 1845. That's around $370 in today's money.
For perspective, a first edition of his 1827 work, Tamerlane and Other Poems, sold for $662,500 at a Christie’s auction in 2009.
For perspective, a first edition of his 1827 work, Tamerlane and Other Poems, sold for $662,500 at a Christie’s auction in 2009.
January 29, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Edgar Allan Poe was paid $9 for "The Raven" when it was first published on January 29, 1845. That's around $370 in today's money.
For perspective, a first edition of his 1827 work, Tamerlane and Other Poems, sold for $662,500 at a Christie’s auction in 2009.
For perspective, a first edition of his 1827 work, Tamerlane and Other Poems, sold for $662,500 at a Christie’s auction in 2009.
Edgar Allan Poe was paid $9 for "The Raven" when it was first published on January 29, 1845. That's around $370 in today's money.
For perspective, a first edition of his 1827 work, Tamerlane and Other Poems, sold for $662,500 at a Christie’s auction in 2009.
For perspective, a first edition of his 1827 work, Tamerlane and Other Poems, sold for $662,500 at a Christie’s auction in 2009.
January 29, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Edgar Allan Poe was paid $9 for "The Raven" when it was first published on January 29, 1845. That's around $370 in today's money.
For perspective, a first edition of his 1827 work, Tamerlane and Other Poems, sold for $662,500 at a Christie’s auction in 2009.
For perspective, a first edition of his 1827 work, Tamerlane and Other Poems, sold for $662,500 at a Christie’s auction in 2009.