The scenes are shown below — tap a card to reveal its place and year.
Round 1 · 1988
Constructing the Louvre Pyramid
Paris, France
I.M. Pei's controversial modernist glass pyramid is assembled in the main courtyard of the Louvre, serving as a spacious new entrance to the historic museum.
Round 2 · 1817
Excavating the Great Sphinx of Giza
Giza, Egypt
Genoese explorer Giovanni Battista Caviglia leads the first modern archaeological dig to clear the millennia of desert sand that had buried the Great Sphinx up to its neck.
Round 3 · 1999
Relocation of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
Buxton, North Carolina
Threatened by decades of shoreline erosion, the tallest brick lighthouse in the United States was lifted from its foundation and rolled half a mile inland along a custom steel track.
Round 4 · 1879
Battle of Isandlwana
Isandlwana, South Africa
In one of the worst defeats ever suffered by a modern army against an indigenous force, a Zulu army of 20,000 warriors overwhelmed a poorly deployed British column.
Round 5 · 1915
Wreck of the Endurance in Antarctic Ice
Weddell Sea, Antarctica
Ernest Shackleton's expedition ship, the Endurance, is slowly crushed by pack ice, forcing the crew to abandon her and begin a legendary survival journey.
