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Africa (27)
- Angola · Afonso of Kongo: "our country is being completely depopulated"RH-0131
- DR Congo · The Ishango boneRH-0001
- Egypt · The Cave of Swimmers, in a desert that was greenRH-0126
- Egypt · The Great Pyramid of GizaRH-0015
- Egypt · The Edwin Smith PapyrusRH-0017
- Egypt · The absence register of Deir el-MedinaRH-0114
- Egypt · The Library of AlexandriaRH-0022
- Egypt · The Rosetta StoneRH-0018
- Ethiopia · The Obelisk of AksumRH-0019
- Ethiopia · The rock-hewn churches of LalibelaRH-0024
- Ghana · Adwinasa: the kente of a weaver who used every pattern he knewRH-0129
- Kenya · Mtoto, the child of Panga ya SaidiRH-0113
- Mali · The Timbuktu manuscriptsRH-0004
- Mali · The plastering of Djenné: a town that re-coats its mosque by handRH-0128
- Morocco · The earliest known Homo sapiens, Jebel IrhoudRH-0069
- Nigeria · The Iya of Benin: the earth walls of a kingdom, disappearingRH-0130
- Nigeria · The heads of IfẹRH-0020
- Nigeria · The Benin BronzesRH-0021
- Nigeria · Ère ìbejì: a figure for a twin who diedRH-0127
- South Africa · Early fire at Wonderwerk CaveRH-0013
- South Africa · The engraved ochre of Blombos CaveRH-0014
- South Africa · The golden rhinoceros of Mapungubwe, and the person buried with itRH-0132
- South Africa · The first human heart transplantRH-0080
- Sudan · The pyramids of MeroëRH-0016
- Tanzania · A handaxe from Olduvai GorgeRH-0002
- Tanzania · The Great Mosque of KilwaRH-0023
- Zimbabwe · Great ZimbabweRH-0003
Asia (33)
- Afghanistan · The Buddhas of BamiyanRH-0048
- Cambodia · Angkor WatRH-0033
- China · The Analects of ConfuciusRH-0029
- China · The bells of Marquis Yi: an orchestra buried with a manRH-0140
- China · The Terracotta ArmyRH-0028
- China · Paper: a sheet of pounded rags and barkRH-0104
- China · The Diamond Sutra of 868RH-0007
- China · The fire drug: the first written formulas for gunpowderRH-0108
- India · The Sushruta SamhitaRH-0030
- Indonesia · The painted pig of Leang TedongngeRH-0005
- Iran · The qanats of Persia: water carried through the darkRH-0141
- Iraq · Shanidar 1, a Neanderthal who lived on with his woundsRH-0119
- Iraq · The first writing: proto-cuneiform tablets of UrukRH-0070
- Iraq · The Royal Game of Ur, and the guards who played itRH-0117
- Iraq · The Code of HammurabiRH-0027
- Iraq · Nanni's complaint to Ea-nasirRH-0125
- Iraq · The Epic of Gilgamesh (Flood Tablet)RH-0036
- Iraq · The book of al-jabr: al-Khwarizmi's algebraRH-0096
- Israel · The hearths of Gesher Benot Ya'aqovRH-0026
- Japan · The Tale of Genji: a lady of the court writes what passesRH-0139
- Japan · The Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome)RH-0032
- Japan · The Expo '70 time capsulesRH-0063
- Kazakhstan · Sputnik 1, the first artificial satelliteRH-0079
- Kazakhstan · The International Space Station, a wreck to comeRH-0101
- Pakistan · A seal from the Indus, and the readers we lostRH-0138
- Pakistan · The Bakhshali manuscriptRH-0031
- South Korea · The JikjiRH-0034
- South Korea · Won-i's mother: a letter to a husband in his graveRH-0118
- South Korea · AlphaGo and Lee SedolRH-0035
- Syria · The Hurrian Hymn no. 6RH-0060
- Türkiye · Göbekli TepeRH-0025
- Türkiye · Einkorn and emmer: the first wheatsRH-0106
- Türkiye · Tevfik Esenç, the last voice of UbykhRH-0115
Europe (33)
- Austria · Memory of MankindRH-0064
- Czechia · The fired figure of Dolní VěstoniceRH-0039
- Czechia · Mendel's peas: experiments on plant hybridsRH-0098
- France · The paintings of Chauvet CaveRH-0037
- France · The first photograph from a camera: the view from the window at Le GrasRH-0073
- France · The phonautograph and the oldest recognisable recorded voiceRH-0097
- France · The Universal Declaration of Human RightsRH-0077
- Germany · The Schöningen spearsRH-0038
- Germany · The bone flute of GeißenklösterleRH-0044
- Germany · Hildegard of Bingen: the year her sisters were forbidden to singRH-0146
- Germany · The Gutenberg BibleRH-0041
- Germany · Three wheels and a petrol engine: the Benz Patent-MotorwagenRH-0111
- Germany · Bread from the air: the Haber-Bosch synthesis of ammoniaRH-0094
- Greece · The Antikythera mechanismRH-0008
- Ireland · The cable under the AtlanticRH-0086
- Italy · The walls of Pompeii: love, insults and a shopping listRH-0145
- Italy · Stone poured like water: Roman concrete and the Pantheon domeRH-0107
- Italy · Sidereus Nuncius (Galileo, 1610)RH-0042
- Italy · Volta's pile, the first electric batteryRH-0083
- Norway · The Svalbard Global Seed VaultRH-0065
- Norway · The Arctic Code VaultRH-0047
- Slovenia · The wheel and axle of the Ljubljana MarshesRH-0072
- Switzerland · The first web serverRH-0046
- Türkiye · The Clarke PlatoRH-0040
- United Kingdom · Stonehenge, stones from three horizonsRH-0103
- United Kingdom · Come to my birthday: Claudia Severa's letter to LepidinaRH-0124
- United Kingdom · The hours struck by iron: the mechanical clock of SalisburyRH-0109
- United Kingdom · Fire made to work: from Newcomen's engine to Watt's condenserRH-0095
- United Kingdom · The end of smallpoxRH-0043
- United Kingdom · From variolation to vaccination: Jenner and the cowpoxRH-0110
- United Kingdom · The discovery of penicillinRH-0075
- United Kingdom · "Computing Machinery and Intelligence" (Turing, 1950)RH-0045
- United Kingdom · The double helix: the structure of DNARH-0078
Americas (28)
- Argentina · The Cave of the HandsRH-0006
- Canada · The letter S across the AtlanticRH-0087
- Mexico · Maize, from teosinteRH-0071
- Mexico · The Pyramid of the Sun, TeotihuacanRH-0050
- Mexico · The Dresden Codex: eight scribes who counted the skyRH-0143
- Mexico · Only a little while here: the songs of NezahualcóyotlRH-0121
- Peru · Caral: thirty-two flutes laid away in the sandRH-0142
- Peru · The Moche portrait vesselsRH-0123
- Peru · Machu Picchu, the mountain estate of an Inca rulerRH-0102
- United States · A Clovis pointRH-0049
- United States · The footprints of White Sands: a child carried across the mudRH-0120
- United States · The Great Law of Peace: words woven into wampumRH-0144
- United States · Ether Day: the first public operation under anaesthesiaRH-0105
- United States · The telephone: a patent and a sentenceRH-0085
- United States · Pearl Street Station, the first central power network in New YorkRH-0084
- United States · The first powered flight: the Wright FlyerRH-0074
- United States · The Crypt of CivilizationRH-0062
- United States · Trinity: the first nuclear explosionRH-0076
- United States · The transistorRH-0088
- United States · A map of a new network: ARPANETRH-0011
- United States · A telephone call from the streetRH-0089
- United States · A place for everyone on Earth: the Global Positioning SystemRH-0112
- United States · The network of networks: the switch to TCP/IPRH-0090
- United States · “This place is not a place of honor”RH-0066
- United States · Deep Blue and KasparovRH-0055
- United States · The Rosetta DiskRH-0067
- United States · The first orbital-class booster to come back: Falcon 9 flight 20RH-0091
- United States · ChatGPT, the machine that answered in wordsRH-0093
Oceania (17)
- Australia · The engravings of MurujugaRH-0051
- Australia · The footprints of the Willandra LakesRH-0122
- Australia · The eel traps of Budj BimRH-0057
- Australia · The Parkes dish and the Moon walk seen by the worldRH-0082
- Australia · Cool fire: Aboriginal burning that cares for CountryRH-0137
- Chile · The moai of Rapa NuiRH-0059
- Chile · Rongorongo, the tablets no one can readRH-0116
- Fiji · The Ratu Finau, a drua, and the axe marks of its buildersRH-0135
- Marshall Islands · A map of the swell: Marshall Islands stick chartsRH-0009
- Marshall Islands · Bikini: a home left for the good of mankindRH-0136
- Micronesia · Nan MadolRH-0010
- Papua New Guinea · Kuk SwampRH-0053
- Papua New Guinea · The kula: to own a thing is to give itRH-0134
- Tonga · A ngatu for a first birthday, and for a farewellRH-0133
- United States · HōkūleʻaRH-0058
- United States · Plastiglomerate from Kamilo Beach: a stone of our own makingRH-0100
- Vanuatu · Lapita potteryRH-0056
Antarctica (1)
Beyond the map (7)
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