Internet Archaeologist 33 - Excavating the Early Web

Welcome

Come in, sit back and surf. This is a place for exploring surviving websites and other traces of the Web around 1995–2000. No feeds, no pressure — just things worth finding.

Old Web ≠ Dark Web
These are historical websites, original personal homepages, and archived digital artifacts from the early public Internet. Please browse sensibly and safely.

LATEST FIND — VIDEO

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Featured Video Exploration

Landscape video explorations of surviving websites and other traces of the early public Web.

Structure: FOUND → WHAT IT IS → INVESTIGATION → WHERE TO VISIT
Find Internet Archaeologist 33 around the web Social links can be placed here.

FREE STUFF

Everything on this site is free.
INTERNET ARCHAEOLOGIST 33 — FINDS & FREE MATERIAL
Up & Down the Market
(free book) Suriname Birds & Insects NTK Archive Old graphics & goodies Research material Historical finds

A compact collector's cabinet for the free material gathered here.

GAMES

A long list of games to investigate

Browse links to games and game sites — choose somewhere to wander and investigate.

FOLD

A book-length comic novel by Charlotte de Boer.

Introducing the online release of FOLD. Read excerpts, view original panel artwork, and explore background notes.

Read FOLD online →

FROM AROUND THE WEB

Selected videos by other people about the early Web and related subjects.

Visit the curated video page →

HOW TO LOOK

Practical guides for finding surviving historical websites:

Covers search engines, date operators, web archives, Usenet/Google Groups, following old trails, and what to do when a trail goes cold.