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360° scene from Constructing the Louvre Pyramid1817 AD – 1999 AD

From ancient megaliths and soaring masonry to modern glass, humanity leaves its mark—sometimes building the world up, and sometimes tearing it down.

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  1. Round 1 · 1988 AD

    Novice

    Constructing the Louvre Pyramid

    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.

  2. Round 2 · 1817 AD

    Casual

    Excavating the Great Sphinx of Giza

    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.

  3. Round 3 · 1999 AD

    Casual

    Relocation of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse

    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.

  4. Round 4 · 1879 AD

    Tricky

    Battle of Isandlwana

    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.

  5. Round 5 · 1915 AD

    Expert

    Wreck of the Endurance in Antarctic Ice

    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.

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