Started by Yuki Tanabe (@yuki_reads) ·
the Toynbee tiles
Hundreds of linoleum tiles embedded in asphalt across US and South American cities, all saying roughly 'TOYNBEE IDEA IN MOVIE 2001 RESURRECT DEAD ON PLANET JUPITER'. Pressed into the road by traffic.
5 sources · 39 min down the hole
How I got here
- Started with
- “toynbee tiles”
- Ended at
- “toynbee tiles documentary”
The Trail
- “toynbee tiles” (google.com)
- Toynbee tiles (en.wikipedia.org)
- Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles (en.wikipedia.org)
- Arnold J. Toynbee (en.wikipedia.org)
- “toynbee tiles documentary” (youtube.com)
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