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The Analog Antiquarian
Personal blog · analog-antiquarian.nethistory
The Analog Antiquarian is a personal blog at analog-antiquarian.net about history. Since 2019, 14 different Hacker News readers have linked it 21 times, most often “The Pyramids of Giza Chapter 1: The Charlatan and the Gossip”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-30, and you can follow it by feed.
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Why HN links it
HN readers recommend Jimmy Maher's Analog Antiquarian blog for general history told in a lyrical, compelling style, with one commenter citing its Magellan series as amazing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- The Pyramids of Giza Chapter 1: The Charlatan and the Gossip3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2019-01-12
- /2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-05-27
What Hacker News says?
Strong second, and I'll recommend his Analog Antiquarian blog as well, covering general history in a pleasantly lyrical style. Jimmy can tell a story like nobody's business! Definitely worth your while. https://analog-antiquarian.net/
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on “Ask HN: Favorite Blogs by Individuals?”Submitted How to Build a Pyramid as a story · 108 points
HN discussionJimmy Maher is really a great history writer. The way he writes is very compelling. He made a whole history of windows which I somehow read through completely[0]. I can also recommend his other site, Analog Antiquarian[1] where he writes more about the larger history. His Magellan series that's going on now is really amazing, makes you feel like you're really experiencing the epic voyage through South America and So…
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on “The End of Sierra as We Knew It, Part 1: The Acquisition”Submitted The Hanging Gardens of Babylon as a story · 69 points
HN discussionDefine "a little weird" – I've been following Jimmy's other blog, The Analog Antiquarian [1] (and also read a few of the non-gaming focused posts on this blog), and so far nothing "a little weird" has stood out to me. Not refuting you – just curious to know what you mean. [1]: https://analog-antiquarian.net
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on “Master of Orion”Submitted The Voyage of Magellan – Chapter 5: Underway as a story · 39 points
HN discussionIt's really not particularly anti-China imho, as indeed the West has its own brand of this in American Exceptionalism in general. We from smaller countries sometimes call this Big Country Syndrome. It's true that China has a lot of affection for the Out of Asia theory of human origin, and to this day there are museums dedicated to the Peking Man that are at the very least heavily suggestive of this, or at least of C…
Comment linking /2022/01/14/chapter-2-origin-stories/
on “Study of 1M-year-old skull points to earlier origins of modern humans”Submitted The Tudor Kings as a story · 28 points
HN discussionThe article is an excerpt from a new book by Jo Marchant, a PhD/BSc microbiology/genetics who apparently has made a name for herself writing popular science books that intermingle covering a subject with covering the science history and the colorful personalities involved. Like you I enjoyed this piece tremendously, then discovered this info via the byline below and ended up buying three of her books, including this…
Comment linking /2019/01/11/chapter-1-the-charlatan-and-the-gossip/
on “Oysters That Knew What Time It Was”Submitted Voyage of Magellan – Epilogue: Sailor of Eternal Fame as a story · 17 points
HN discussionSubmitted Two More Pyramids and a Sphinx (2019) as a story · 16 points
HN discussionSubmitted Rehabilitating Richard as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Gift of the Nile as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Pyramids of Giza Chapter 1: The Charlatan and the Gossip as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Tudor Queens as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Opus 5: Richard III as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted At Long Last, the Bard as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Chapter 5: The New Star as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Oracle of Delphi – The Center of the World as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Two More Pyramids and a Sphinx as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Analog Antiquarian: The Pyramids of Giza as a story · 1 points
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