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Diorama

A taxidermied subject within its historical environment. Established by Carl Akeley in 1890, and requires research from Botanists, Zoologists, Anthropoligists, etc.

Aaron Delehanty

A person specializing in creating dioramas, starting since he was in 6th grade. Worked on a Hemedu civilization diorama with the Cyrus Hall of China as well as 5 Hyenas in Somaliland, 1896, in the 2015 crowdfunding campaign by Emily Grasile.

Poble Espanyol

An open air museum created by Puig Cadafalch and students Ramon and Frances for the 1929 world fair, consisting of 117 buildings. Planned to be demolished by stayed.

Heritage park

A large living history museum in Calgary. Over 200 exhibitions giving insight to the history of immigrants from 1860-1950s. Made by the Woods foundation in 1961.

Millennium City Park

A theme park near Longting lake, Kaifeng, representing the Northern Song Dynasty. Opening in 1998 based on Zhang Zeduan's "Millennium City Park" painting

The Great Song Dynasty - Reminiscences of the Eastern Capital

The main event in Millennium City Park. Consisting of 9 parts, 8 poems, and hundreds of actors, with a firework show at the end. Based on "Riverside scene" from Zhang Zeduan.

Frontierland

A theme area in the Disneyland resort, CA, with stereotypical moments of the past, like the Wild West, Pirates, and more. Incorporating more Mexican culture currently, and featuring the Mark Twain riverboat replica across the Mississippi river.

Plimoth Patuxet

A popular living history museum in Massachusetts in the colonial period, showing 7.5 months of 1627. Referencing Wampanoag heratige, as well as a replica of Mayflower II.

Patuxet's controversies

Museum not fuffilling role of being bicultural and including perspectives. People like Camile, Paula, Carol, and Kitty speaking against. Changing name from "Plantation" to "Patuxet" and hiring Wampanoag director to try and solve issues.

Paleo Diet

A fad diet which emphasizes on eating Vegetables, Lean meat, and Healthy fats while excluding carbs and other processed foods. Supposedly gives better energy and reduces disease.

Gansu Cooking Pot Analysis

Jakke and Tache using Biomarkers to analyze a pot from 1400-500 BC in China. Discovered millet was the main ingredient. A dish like such served by Raymonds Childs at the AFTP meet.

Thermopolis

A snack bar in ancient rome, meaning Hot Shop. 89 currently in Pompeii. Using Dolia to store food, paintings as ads, and Lares to protect the area. Serving people in stalls. A version named "Cauponas" being an early motel. Serving Isicia Omentatas.

"Medieval Times"

Critics Ben R. and Karen P. going to Lundyhurst to eat at "Medieval Times". Praising the Cheeseburger and Wine while critisizing the Boar rib and historically inaccurate tomato soup.

Titanic's last meal

A grand 10 course meal served in Apr 14, 1912 exclusive for the First Class passengers. Walter Douglas surviving the Titanic and claiming the food was excellent. With stereotypical fancy food.

Balmoral Cruise

The ship leaving Southampton port with a recreation of the titanic's meal as a commemoration of the centennial of the disaster. Including 7 courses for First Class, with silver utensils.

Ulster American Folk Park

An open air museum in Northern Ireland featuring stories of Irish settlers to the USA in 18-19th centuries. Including a replica of an emigrant ship. Running from April to October.

Tomorrowland

A theme part of Disney in many Magic Kingdoms around parks in the world. Including Disney's stereotypical prediction of the future, based on their movies. Tending to be 30 years ahead.

Museum of the Future

A 7 floor exhibition in Dubai opening to the public in 2022. Created in 2016 and hosting meetings to executives about different technological subjects over 7 years, 1 meeting a year.

World of Tomorrow

A world fair in NY, 1939-1940,the second most expensive ever. 44 million attending and featuring the first release of the CRT tv, "Futurama", a model of a future house, A 7ft Robot, and other corporation's predictions for the future.

Crystal Palace

The first example of a future exhibit, built for the great exhibition hosted by Queen Victoria. Made of Cast Iron and originally in Hyde park, until relocated. Burnt down in 1936.

ANE Moscow

National exhibition showcasing American tech in Sokolinki Park, Moscow. A way for the US to show off their technology. A life-size house of the future design by Edward Durell featured hosting the famous Kitchen debate. Criticized for inaccuracy.

Historical Re-enactments

Recreation of battles for entertainment sake. The Review of Armies an early notable example in 1865. Becoming more formal after WWII. Critisized for downplaying negatives in war.

Renaissance Fairs

Re-enactments of the Renaissance in a form of a fair. First taking place in 1963, named "Renaissance Pleasure Faire" from the CRO. Including many stereotypical but interactive events.

Andy Robertson

A person whose concerns revolve around using historical video games as an educational tool. Created a directory for parents to use and understand which games are accurate.

Dave Jewitt

The narrator of a video discussing inaccuracy in video games. Referencing games like Kingdom Come: Deliverance and Assassin's creed(Egypt) for opposite reasons of inaccuracy.

The Oregon Trail

The first popular historical video game, showcasing the Oregon Trail emigration in the 1850s. Inaccuracies ranging from a lack of violence, misinterpreting road conditions, and more.

Paul Dillenberger

The creator of The Oregon Trail, showcasing the game to his students in 1971, 3 years before public release. Promoted the game to become popular across schools.

Seven Cities of Gold

A game in 1985 developed by EA about a time period in the 1500s. Taking place in modern California/Arizona and about the mythical "Seven Cities of Cibola". Inaccurate difficulty level.

Pirates! (Sid Meier)

A game released in 1987 about pirates from 1560-1680, with 7 difficulties referenced by 20 years blocks. Main character a pirate captain whose goal is to retire. Inaccurate events listed.

Call of Duty

A franchise first released in 2003, known for its fast, intense gameplay. Set in war periods like WW2 and the Cold war. Accurate insignia and plots, however, scenes are glorified.

Ghost of Tsushima

A video game published by Sony set in 1274, the first mongol invasion of Japan. Following Jin Sikai, a samurai, with an objective to protect Japan and its people. Elements featured like weapons accurate, however plot, "Bushido", inaccurate.

Age of Empires

A game series initially released in 1997 about the player leading nations in historical battles. An accurate game from plot to weaponry, only liberties in weapon/battle depiction.

Assassin's Creed

Created by Ubisoft in 2007, a series following fictional characters through a fictional plot in a real event. Noted accuracy in historical detail and a feeling of real-ness.

Railroad Tycoon

A game created by Sid Meier in 1990s depicting the player managing a railroad company in the Eastern USA. Loosely based on real events, while train models are accurate.

Oregon Trail (Gameloft)

A recreation of the original released in 2009 for the Switch and Apple Arcade. Adding new elements like RNG, stamina, and morale. Also featuring more bi-culturalistic views.

Presentism

Warping historical events to our modern beliefs. Examples including the 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah. Also discussed by Lynn Hunt in a magazine, although there is a more recent one.

Tamara Walker

An AHA member Discussing presentism with history 20 years after Lynn did. Visited the Elmina Castle Memorials in Ghana just to see traces of racism attempting to be erased.

Dilettantism

Cherry-picking historical data to support one's political beliefs. Used in cases like NYSPRA vs Duren and Dobbs vs Jackson for topics like Gun ownership and Abortion.

Actors playing Princess Diana (Unneeded memorization)

Kristen Stewart, Jeanna De Waal, Emma Corrin, Elizabeth Debicki, Bonnie Soper, Naomi Watts, Lesley Harcourt, Julie Cox, Nicola Formby, Serena Thomas, Catherine Oxenberg

Actors playing Nelson Mandela (Unneeded memorization)

Sidney Poitier, Danny Glover, Clarke Peters, Dennis Haysbert, David Harewood, Lindani Nkosi, Terrence Howard, Morgan Freeman, Idris Elba

Actors playing Abraham Lincoln (Unneeded memorization)

Joseph Henabery, Walter Huston, Frank McGlynn Sr., Henry Fonda, Raymond Massey, Hal Holbrook, Gregory Peck, Robert V. Barron, Jason Robards, Kris Kristofferson, Benjamin Walker, Daniel Day-Lewis, Billy Campbell, Micheal Krebs.

Colour-Blind VS Colour-Concious casting

Two opposites, meaning "Casting without regard to race" and "Casting with regard to race". Recieving a lot of controversy, although Colour-blind casting is worse in historical contexts.

Hamilton (Turner's channel 5 series 2020)

Recieving controversy for colour-blind casting, such distorting the story and being culturally insensitive. Expressed against in 1996 TCG address "The Ground I Stand" by playwright August Wilson. Assuming every race has the same experience.

Hamilton (Disney+ release 2016)

The original rendition of Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda, and casted with caution of colour. Recieving audience praise for such. Notably came before the controvsial one.

Musicals + History

Musicals usually over-glorified and simplified. Neglecting other POVs and usually a simple "Heroes VS Villains" story. Examples like Hamilton and the Decl. of independance play.

The Mountaintop

A play by Katori Hall about fictional events of MLK before his assassination in 1968. Recieving controversies and arguments when the play ran in Kent State University.

Micheal Oatman

Running production of "The Mountaintop", casting both a white and black actor to perform. Sparking debate between Katori and Micheal, leading to Katori banning non-black actors. Robert Brand and Cristal Chirstian expressing views on media.

A history of cameras

Starting in B&W in 1826 where Joseph N. made the first photo. Moved to the Daguerreotype in 1838 by Louis. Then, Richard L. and Geroge E. made a dry plate technique.

A history of cameras: Commerical contd.

Kodak made a camera in 1888. Oskar B. was quick to make the first Leica afterwards, with a 35mm film and being lighter than Kodak's. Finally, Kodak debuted the Kodachrome with colour.

Autochrome

The first true colour photo process created in 1907 by the Lumiere brothers. Done by covering a glass plate in potato starch with RGB and adding emulsion and exposure layers.

Palette

A tool by Emil Walner which refines and colourizes B&W photos, quickly becoming popular with expression on TikTok and Youtube. Arguably making photos more accurate.

De-oldify

An older AI model used to colourize B&W photos by Jason and Richard. Criticized by Jordan L. for an impulsive addition of colour, and how the story behind images is more notable.

Gandhi

An epic from 1982 directed by Richard A. starring Ben Kinsley as Gandhi, including prominent adctors like De Niro. Tells the story of Gandhi from India fending off British invasion.

Ben Kinsley

The actor playing Gandhi in the movie. Controversies with him performing from being culturally insensitive. Ben being partly British, a problem seeing his role. However, Kinsely putting a lot of effort to study Gandhi, perfect a tone, and replicate well.

Artbreeder

Used by Bas Uterwijk, an AI creating photorealistic depictions of figures, like Napoleon and the Statue of Liberty. Using pattern recognition from data points. About 50 images so far.

Otzi Iceman

An almost-perfectly preserved person from 5k years ago in Austria, the Otztal Alps. After gathering the full figure, taken to a small museum to be depicted. Finished in 1998.

FDR's Polio

Began in 1921 on vacation, however still becoming president in 1932. Was sensitive about their condition, and learnt to walk with metal braces as well as conceal his wheelchair.

FDR's statues

Earliest public notice from Statue by Lawrence, starting a desing in 1974. Addressing FDR's disability respectfully, a campaign led by the NOD. Finally opened in 1997. A recreation was made in 2001 in the Prologue room by Robert Graham.

For all mankind

A TV show premiering in 2019 by Robert Moore, showcasing an alternate reality where the USSR reached the moon first. Following the lives of NASA astronauts in the cold war. Noted for its versimlitude and realism, like the movie could be real.

Biography

A written guide of someone's life. Can provide context and objective views on a subject. However, can also be biased if subject is not well-researched

Autobiography

A written guide of one's own life. Providing more insider information and can be honest. However, can be weighed towards people and miss important context.

Memoir

A written guide of someone's life focusing on specific events. Providing a unique perspective, a more personal one. However, does not provide a full picture of one's life.

Journal

A written guide on someone's thoughts and feelings on daily basis. Providing personal thourhg and un-sugarcoated. However, may be hard to understand and percieve for many.

Diary

A journal, but generally more private. Leading to more secretive thoughts and feelings on daily basis. However, not designed for an audience and can have disturbing content.

Letter

Writted messages between groups of people. Can provide thought in relationships and interactions between two people. However, unsuited for an audience and hard to decode.

Newspaper account

Nes stories writted by journalists about an event or person. Providing objective information about events, however can be biased, incomplete, or missing important context.

Contemporary footage

Audio/Video recordings of an events with a subject at a time. Showing a compeltly raw depiction of an event, however can be taken out of context and missing information.

Government records

The most official form of tracking someone, produced by the government agencies. Giving objective information with heavily reviewed texts. However, takes a long time to access.

Interviews

Conversations with someone to gather information. Also first-hand infomation like Autobiographies, as well as recording growth. However, problems with untrained journalists tracking such as the period of invention being less than 200 years.

The Woman King

Telling the story of Dahomey(Agoodjies) resisting colonization and competing against the Oyo kingdom. However, there is controversy around the misrepresentation of slavery.

Woman King slavery representations

While movie depicting kingdoms forced to comply to slavery, the kingdoms, in reality, supported it. Emmanuelle Heidsieck arguing that African representation should be accurate. As well, a fictional representation of King Guezo's efforts.

300 (Film)

Movie about the Battle of Thermopylae, 300 Spartans fighting a giant Persian army. Based off a comic book by Frank Miller in 1998. Controversies mainly about depictions of fighters.

Braveheart

Movie about a Scottish warrior, William Wallace, against English opression in the 1200s. Controversy surrounding depiction of situation as well as oversimplification of plot.

Pocahontas (Film)

An animated film about a native girl living in the 1600s, in now modern-day Virginia and meeting colonizers. Controvery surrounding John Smith(A colonizer) and Pocahonta's relationship depicted as romantic, however being a friendship.

De-exctinction

AKA Ressurection, meaning to bring an exctinct species back to life. Can be done in several ways, including back-breeding, Cloning, Genetic engineering, etc. Expensive.

Back Breeding

A method of de-exctinction by selectively choosing traits from the original animal and breeding a close reletave to the animal for a long period of time to have those traits

Cloning

Requiring DNA from specific cells of the subject in a process called "Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer" to replicate it and clone an embryo of the creture in hopes that it survives.

Genetic engineering

Similar to cloning, a method involving taking the genes of a modern relative of an animal and genetically modifying it to have traits similar to the subject with DNA analysis.

Christmas Island Rat and Tasmanian Tiger

Both extinct species missing 5% of its genome, too much to recover. However, Tasmanian tiger (Worked on by Andrew Pask) can have a change, much DNA is replicated repeatedly.

American Chestnut

A species of chestnut in East NA which went extinct in 1950 because of a fungus "Chestnut Blight". Now, ACF attempting to cross breed with other chestnut species to reintroduce to wild.

Wooly Mammoth

A species of elephant living in Arctic, last seen 4kya. No complete genes found for mammoth, however George Church taking elephants and mixing samples of mammoth DNA.

Pyrenean Ibex/Burcardo

The first example of resurrection, supposedly going extinct in 2000. Dr. Alberto preserved DNA sample, CEET using to create an embryo in 2003. Died of lung defect soon after born.

Passenger pigeon

An animal declared extinct in 1914 by overhunting. Used to be one of the most abundant animals. No suitable DNA samples exsitsting to our knowledge. Problems with resurrection.

Moa

The 14th largest bird species to exist, growing to 12ft tall in New Zealand. Went extinct in the 1500s with regards to overhunting by emigrants. Ideas to genetically clone.

Dragon

Not specifically a dragon, but a creature closely resembling stereotypical depiction, albeit smaller. A dragon-looking creature solely engineered through Genome Sequencing.

Dodo

A medium sized flightless bird native to Maurituis going extinct in the 1600s also due to overhunting. About 25kg and 3ft tall. Gained popularity due to animal stories and videos, and ideas to restore it and continue the ecosystem balance.

Auroch

A very large cow living around Europe which went extinct in 1627. First attempted resurection by the Heck brothers in 1930 creating Aryan Supercattle. Wouter, Richard C, and Goderie looking at art in Coa Valley, Portugal, to also recreate.

Shadinar Old Man

A recreation of Shadinar 1's face, person living 60 kya in Iraq. Shadinar disabled but still living to 60ish, evidence Neanderthals cared for each other. PAFA using PMFT to recreate Shadinar's face, taking 120 hours to render.

Post Mortem Facial Technology

Recreating faces of dead people used for forensic and archaeological purpose. Hermann Welker presenting first tech in 1800s, Betty Gatlift pioneering Gatlift method later.

The possible Obama successors

Including Hakeen Jeffries, Deval Patrick, Joe Bide, and Pete Buttigieg, all of which with close relationships to Obama. Pete known for opposition of standard politics, similar to Obama.

Hakeen Jeffries

A NY democrat, the first black person to lead a party in Congress. Dubbing an iconic slam poem about moving to common principles rather than individualized belief. Structured in an aliteration format, the first letters varying but in patterns.

Liz Truss

An attempted successor to Margaret Thatcher. Union reforms at time of election, Liz proposing 5 labour reforms, similar to Thatcher breaking union power in 1984. Failed miserably.

ChatGPT

An AI language model dubbed from some as the next Google. Differences varying from tasks, Google Search Engine giving shallow research and results while ChatGPT analyzing English.

The Next Jordans and Peles

Articles expressing the cautionary nature of giving giant titles to individuals, setting an incredibly high expectation. Sometimes finding success in pursuing new goals.

Boston wax museum

A museum in Boston owned by Dreamz entertainment, first property in America. Containing over 100 wax figures of figures, paired with Cuseum for more interactive experience

Character.AI

Created by Danier De Freitas and Noam Shazeer as a chatbot replicating figures, based on articles and information around it. Designed to reinforce the idea that AIs are inaccurate.

Project December

Created by a group of people and released by Jason Rohrer to the public. Similar to Character.ai, something used to replicate characters using GPT4 framework. Started by a person who lost their gilrfriend and wanted to talk to them again.

King Richard III

A king who died in Battle of Bosworth, part of War of Roses. His remains disappearing(Thrown down river?) after being buried in Greyfriars church and it burning down. Rediscovered in 2012 in a parking lot in Leicester from 2008 initative.

Pakistani Buddhist temple

A Pakistani temple found in Swat Valley, Pakistan, thought to be buddhist temple 2 kya, buried in 300AD from an Earthquake. A trading hub for Alexander the Great, built atop another temple.

New South Wales Footprints

Set of footprints found in Mungo National Park from natives 20 kya. Steve Webb analyzing the footprints, discover belonging to a group of hunters, including one breaking speed records.