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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...

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Gustavus Adolphus
Gustavus Adolphus (l. 1594-1632; r. 1611-1632) was the King of Sweden who elevated his country to a major power in the 17th century. He also is traditionally recognized as the "Father of Modern Warfare" for his military innovations and his...

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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...

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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...

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Jim Thompson House Museum
Part of the six-building complex that is the Jim Thompson House Museum in Bangkok, Thailand and built c. 1959 CE. Thompson built a traditional antique wooden Thai-style house using temple doors from junk shop finds and gathered six old teakwood...

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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...

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Jim Thompson Silk
Silk scarves at the Jim Thompson House Museum gift shop in Bangkok, Thailand. This photo was taken in July 2019 CE.

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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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Tessa Thompson as a Valkyrie
Tessa Thompson as a Valkyrie in a modern interpretation of Norse mythology as portrayed in the movie Thor Ragnarok (2017). Valkyries were key figures in various Norse sagas such as Prose Edda, the Heimskringla and the Njáls Saga. They were...

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Remnants of an Army by Thompson
An 1879 painting titled 'Remnants of an Army' by Elizabeth Thomson showing Dr William Brydon, the sole European survivor of the Retreat from Kabul in 1842 during the First Anglo-Afghan War (1838-42). (Tate Britain)