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360° scene from Construction of the Machu Picchu Estate2000 BC – 1907 AD

Today's journey spans from the frozen cliffs of Lake Baikal to the sweltering jungles of Cambodia, testing your eye on monumental feats of engineering and the rugged landscapes that challenged them.

HistoryGuesser Daily5 locations59 plays2000 BC – 1907 AD

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  1. Round 1 · 1450 AD

    Casual

    Construction of the Machu Picchu Estate

    High in the Andes, Incan builders expertly shaped polished dry-stone walls without mortar to construct a royal estate for the emperor Pachacuti, which would later be abandoned during the Spanish Conquest.

  2. Round 2 · 1560 AD

    Casual

    Building St. Basil's Cathedral on Red Square

    Commissioned by Ivan the Terrible to commemorate the capture of Kazan, this iconic cathedral's original design was entirely white brick with gold domes, lacking the vibrant colors added centuries later.

  3. Round 3 · 300 AD

    Tricky

    Creating the Hummingbird Nazca Line

    The Nazca people created immense geoglyphs by removing the reddish-brown iron oxide-coated pebbles that cover the surface of the desert, revealing the light-colored earth underneath to form vast figures.

  4. Round 4 · 1907 AD

    Expert

    Rebuilding the Great Mosque of Djenné

    The current Great Mosque is a massive reconstruction of an earlier medieval structure. French colonial administration supported the rebuilding using traditional Sudano-Sahelian mud-brick techniques and distinct palm-wood scaffolding.

  5. Round 5 · 2000 BC

    Expert

    Rituals at the Great Bath of Mohenjo-Daro

    One of the world's earliest major urban centers, Mohenjo-Daro featured advanced urban planning, including standardized fired-brick architecture and a sophisticated drainage system that fed the watertight Great Bath.

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