Majestic Head of Kukulcán, situated at the base of the staircase of the ‘EI Castillo’ pyramid, Chichén Itzá

A subreddit named r/OldPhotosInRealLife has created huge archives of ‘then and now’ photos to show how time changes things.

Oxford, England

So little has changed between JMW Turner’s painting from 1810 and the photograph taken over 200 years later in 2015!

The Arctic 103 Years Ago Compared To Today

Chichen Itza 1892 And Now

The majestic Head of Kukulcán, situated at the base of the staircase of the ‘EI Castillo’ pyramid within the archaeological site of Chichén Itzá, captured in 1895 and 2022

Manhattan in 1851 and today