Historical Figures

All of you history, anthropology, and archeology-loving Pandas out there, hang on to your seats. Have we got a treat in store for you! If you’ve ever wondered what historical figures would look like if they were alive right here and now, then look no further—Becca Saladin has you covered. Becca, who works as a full-time graphic designer, created the Royalty Now series as a way to bring the past into the present and to help us look at history from a new angle. Check out Becca’s newest…

Fueled by his passion for history, photographer Drew Gardner recreated portraits of some of the world's most famous historical figures, featuring their direct descendants as models.

Everyone Has A Historical Figure Who Matches Their Personality — Here's Yours You got: Cleopatra You're a born leader, and you seem to have it all — brains, beauty, charisma, and cunning. You have a lot in common with Cleopatra, the last ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt before it became a province of the Roman empire. Besides being beautiful, she was also a master diplomat, linguist, and naval commander.

Is Mrs. Obama really the first black First Lady? Which US bill features a black man? You’ll be surprised at the historical figures you didn’t know were black.

The most famous women in history include religious figures, physicists, politicians and more.

Holy. This artist called Mads Madsen has an amazing skill for colourising old black and white photographs. Even beside their original counterpart the results are impressive, bringing a new dimension of realism to historic images. Hit the jump to see more images below, or click here to see a video of how he does it. PREVIOUS: The Van Gogh Selfie

In the mid-2000s, historian Anna Pegler-Gordon said that visual media often seems more accessible to her students than the written record. They claimed images make the past seem more accessible, giving concrete shape to a world that sometimes seems intangible. Not to mention the immediacy of the image, which often conveys information more quickly than a primary document written in an unfamiliar, or even a foreign, language. But according to Pegler-Gordon, this immediacy also works well in…

All your history teachers lied to you.

Bas Uterwijk is back on Bored Panda with more of his recreations (old post here)! Bas uses artificial intelligence to recreate paintings, statues, and many other things into a realistic portrait of what these historical figures could have looked like. Technology has come a long way, so if you've ever wondered what Mona Lisa, Van Gogh, or Shakespeare looked like in real life, this post is for you.