History's Mysteries
In AD 79, this ancient Roman city was buried under volcanic ash when Mount Vesuvius erupted.
What is Pompeii?
Covering more than 17 million square kilometers, this is the world's largest country by land area.
What is Russia?
This is the world's tallest building, standing at more than 828 meters tall in Dubai.
What is the Burj Khalifa?
This Norwegian artist painted The Scream, one of the most recognizable images in modern art.
Who is Edvard Munch?
Earth's natural satellite has been visited by humans during NASA's Apollo missions.
What is the Moon?
These enormous geoglyphs, depicting animals and geometric shapes, were created in the desert of southern Peru.
What are the Nazca Lines?
This famous river flows through Egypt and has played a central role in the country's civilization for thousands of years.
What is the Nile?
Weighing up to around 200 tons, this marine mammal is the largest animal known to have ever lived.
What is the blue whale?
This Dutch post-Impressionist painted The Starry Night while staying at an asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence.
Who is Vincent van Gogh?
Known for its reddish appearance caused largely by iron minerals, this planet is the fourth from the Sun.
What is Mars?
This ancient Egyptian queen's tomb has never been definitively identified, despite centuries of searching by archaeologists.
Who is Cleopatra VII?
This country borders both the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf.
What is Iran?
This member of the cat family can reach speeds of roughly 100–120 km/h, making it the fastest land animal.
What is the cheetah?
This Dutch master painted The Night Watch, one of the most celebrated works of the Dutch Golden Age.
Who is Rembrandt?
This is the largest organ of the human body, covering and protecting the body's entire exterior.
What is the skin?
Discovered in a shipwreck, this ancient Greek device used gears to track astronomical cycles and is often called the world's first analog computer.
What is the Antikythera Mechanism?
This landlocked country is home to the world's largest salt flat, Salar de Uyuni.
What is Bolivia?
This South American nation has won the FIFA World Cup more times than any other country.
What is Brazil?
This Italian artist and architect designed the famous dome of Florence Cathedral, completing one of the greatest architectural achievements of the Renaissance.
Who is Filippo Brunelleschi?
Beyond this boundary surrounding a black hole, the escape velocity exceeds the speed of light.
What is the event horizon?
This undeciphered writing system from the Bronze Age Aegean civilization remains one of archaeology's great mysteries.
What is Linear A?
Located in the South Pacific, this remote location is known as the oceanic "Pole of Inaccessibility"—the point on Earth farthest from any land.
What is Point Nemo?
In 2025, Croatian freediver Vitomir Maričić set a Guinness World Record by holding his breath underwater for this astonishing length of time.
What is 29 minutes and 3 seconds?
Picasso and Georges Braque pioneered this revolutionary artistic movement that broke objects into geometric shapes and showed multiple viewpoints at once.
What is Cubism?
Located at the back of the brain, this structure plays a major role in balance, posture, and coordinating precise movements.
What is the cerebellum?