Hidden Civilizations
Which Polynesian civilization is famed for its moai heads?
Easter Island
Which indigenous Aymara-led siege of La Paz was against Spanish colonial rule?
Túpac Katari’s Revolt, 1781
Ancient transcontinental trade routes carried silk, ideas, religion, and technologies between China, Central Asia, the Middle East, and Europe for 1,500 years.
What was the Silk Road?
The last Monarch of Hawai‘i who resisted annexation by the U.S.
Liliʻuokalani
Huge ground geoglyphs whose creation involved planning and surveying technology still debated by scholars.
What are the Nasca Lines?
The “mother culture” of Mesoamerica known for colossal stone heads.
The Olmecs
Which successful slave revolt inspired independence movements across Latin America?
The Haitian Revolution, 1791–1804
Collection of manuscripts in Hebrew, Latin, Greek, and Arabic, highlighting cross-linguistic scholarship and cultural exchange over centuries.
What is the Vatican Library?
Which Indian-British WWII spy operating in occupied France worked as a radio operator?
Noor Inayat Khan
Advanced hydraulic engineering transporting water across long distances, supporting urban populations.
What are the Roman Aqueducts?
Early astronomically aligned megaliths suggesting a proto-Egyptian culture.
Nabta Playa
Which early 20th-century uprising against German colonial forces in Namibia?
The Herero and Nama Genocide, 1904 to 1908
A sacred site reflecting over 2,500 years of Greek, Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman influences and artistic symbolism.
What was the Temple of Apollo?
Which two siblings wrote the pamphlets that encouraged rebellion against the Nazis in Germany?
The world’s first known analogue computer, designed to predict astronomical positions and eclipses with complex bronze gears.
What was the Antikythera?
Which pre-columbian city, larger than London at its height, was later mysteriously found abandoned?
What is Cahokia?
Which female regiment who defended their kingdom from French colonization in present-day Benin?
Women Warriors of Dahomey, 17th to late 19th century
Center of Islamic learning and trade where Saharan, Arabic, and African cultures mingled, fostering manuscript traditions and scholarship.
What is Timbuktu?
Which former enslaved man started a shop and became a composer and anti-slavery writer in 18th-century England?
Ignatius Sacho
Ceramic jars with copper and iron components that suggest rudimentary electrochemical cells, possibly used for electroplating or other purposes.
What is the Baghdad Battery?
Which debated or mythical empire central could alternate history claims?
What is Tartaria?
Which indigenous-led resistance fought for autonomy in southern Mexico?
The Zapatista Movement, 1994 to present
An abandoned Sharjah vegetable market houses projects engaging histories of global economies and cultural breakdowns.
What was the Old Al Jubail Market?
Which explorer-king may have sailed the Atlantic before Columbus?
Who was Abu Bakr II?
A mysterious illustrated manuscript written in an undeciphered script, perplexing historians and cryptographers.
What is the Voynich Manuscript?