Interactive
Explore the map
Every article placed where it happened, on a globe you can spin, or flattened to a map. Sites are joined where they share a civilisation, a region or a set of themes. Press play and the network builds itself as history advances.
DRAG TO ROTATE · SCROLL OR DOUBLE-CLICK TO ZOOM · ARROW KEYS TO PAN · CLICK A SITE · HOVER A LINK TO SEE WHY TWO PLACES ARE JOINED · COASTLINES, RIVERS AND LAKES FROM NATURAL EARTH (PUBLIC DOMAIN) · ANCIENT PLACES FROM PLEIADES (CC BY) · WORLD HERITAGE FROM WIKIDATA (CC0)
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