the importance of Egypt for the Roman Empire and how Egypt was not only the breadbasket of Rome, but also financed its military conquests and the legi

When we think of the past we usually think of it in black and white. It’s for this reason that colorized photos, photos that have had color added, can be so effective in making the past feel more real. In fact, the best colorized photos bring our awesome ancestors to life in way black and white never can. Don’t believe us? Take a look at these photographs and see for yourself.

Here are just a handful of the 12 million men, women, and children who arrived at Ellis Island, New York, between 1892 and 1954 to start a new life in the USA, often dressed in their finest clothes. The portraits show immigrants wearing the national dress of their country of origin, including military uniforms from Albania, bonnets from the Netherlands, and clothing of Sámi people from the Arctic regions.

The Photochrom colorization process was lengthy and complex, but produced stunning results.

In 1907, Egyptologist and archaeologist Howard Carter was hired by George Herbert, the 5th Earl of Carnarvon to oversee excavations in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings. Carter had built a reputation for scrupulously recording and preserving discoveries. Carter searched the valley for years with little to show for it, which drew the ire of his employer. In 1922, Lord Carnarvon told Carter that he had only one more season of digging...

When we think of the past, we often think of it in black and white. After all, most pictures that we’ve seen from the first half of the 20th Century are in monochrome, and because of this it’s easy to forget that color actually existed at all back then. Thanks to artist Marina Amaral however, we can now view history through a whole new lens with these stunning colorized photographs.

Hello Snapzu! I see great content here, much more than Reddit or Voat. I hope to be a contributing user to the great space. I have included the website from where I found the source portrait. From the great Yousuf Karsh!