Below the Surface: Archeological Finds from the Amsterdam Noord/Zuid Metro Line
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6 days ago
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CalRobert
5 hours ago
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I love that this includes modern artifacts as well. The nineties mobile phone already looks archaeological by comparison to modern ones.
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kopirgan
2 hours ago
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There's an Ericsson GH388 phone I used in 90s!

IIRC it was my first mobile.

Never used Nokia though it had major market share those days.

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andrepd
4 hours ago
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My favourite station is Rokin, because it includes an amazing display of these artifacts (from Roman dishes to Nokia 3310s) in between the escalators that take you to the platform. It's incredible.

https://www.reddit.com/r/knolling/comments/e3e86r/at_rokin_m...

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damnitbuilds
3 hours ago
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WTFHTTTMTS ?

Who the fuck has the time to make this shit ?

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gordonhart
3 hours ago
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The website answers this question directly:

> This website is a product of the Department of Archaeology, Monuments and Archaeology (MenA), City of Amsterdam, in cooperation with the Chief Technology Office (CTO), City of Amsterdam.

Seems to me like a good, culturally enriching way for a city to spend a bit of time and money.

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kopirgan
2 hours ago
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That's exactly what history should be about. Ordinary lives of ordinary people. But it's mostly which King fought with which emperor and slept with which socialite.
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Insanity
2 hours ago
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Depends on the sources, earlier historical writing is definitely like that, whilst more modern writing often has a more nuanced approach.

“histoire vue d'en bas et non d'en haut”

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WJW
2 hours ago
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What's the problem exactly? In the Netherlands we sometimes take the time to make nice things just because it looks nice and/or because we like to commemorate our shared history.
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