Past Passport

25/05/2026

AI will never replace human taste and judgment.

A 2,400-year-old argument about the end of civilization — and why it sounds exactly like your Twitter feed.

22/05/2026

People longed for the good old days in 1937, and in 1000 BC. Today's article -

The Sumerians felt it. The Greeks felt it. The people in Ironton felt it. So do you.

20/05/2026

You know the Helen of Troy debate is getting hot when people argue in the grocery store about it.

The casting debate escaped the internet. The history behind it is stranger than the argument.

18/05/2026

Nostalgia isn't new, but something is in the air.

The instinct pulling them there outlasted Pompeii. It'll survive DoorDash, too.

17/05/2026

https://pastpassport.com/p/the-beauty-standard-didnt-evolve

A Greek aristocrat would have looked at the modern red carpet and started ordering bread, olives, and honey cakes.

14/05/2026

Venus is about much more than her arms.

Painted skin, inlaid metal, colored eyes — and none of it survived.

13/05/2026

Supposed to be excellent translations of chekovs stories.

13/05/2026

Post a photo of War & Peace online. Watch the fireworks.

Everyone has an opinion. Most of them haven't read it

11/05/2026

Our ingrained honesty reflects a moral code that spans thousands of years. Today's article explores the link between a lost wallet, CS Lewis's moral code, and ancient Rome customs.

Across 4,000 years and 40 countries, people keep doing the same thing with a stranger's wallet. Someone wrote that into us.