How to Play the Anthropeum Game
Each day features ten artifacts from The Metropolitan Museum of Art — guess where each was made and when.
Daily game rules
- Visit the site once per day for a new set of ten artifacts.
- For each artifact, study the image, title, and material hints.
- Click the world map to place your best guess for where it was made.
- Tap a 250-year era block on the timeline to pick when it was created — you are choosing a range, not an exact year.
- Submit all ten rounds to see your total score and ranking.
- Copy your share card and post it on social media.
Reading dates: BCE and CE
The anthropeum game timeline runs from 3000 BCE to the present. BCE (Before Common Era) counts backward from year 1 — so 580 BCE is older than 200 BCE. CE (Common Era) covers everything after year 1. Egyptian, Greek, and Near Eastern artifacts often fall in the BCE range; European paintings and modern objects are typically CE. You do not need the exact year — pick the block that overlaps when the artifact was made.
Picking an era block
The timeline is split into 250-year blocksfrom 3000 BCE to 2000 CE. After you drop a map pin, tap the block that best matches the artifact's creation period. If your block overlaps the correct date range, you earn strong time points even without guessing a single year.
After each round, the review screen shows Your block vs Correct range, plus how many years off you were if the ranges did not overlap.
Scoring
- Location (0–5,000 pts): Based on distance from the correct origin. Within 50 km earns maximum points.
- Time (0–5,000 pts):Based on how well your 250-year block overlaps the artifact's creation period. Overlapping the correct range scores highest; nearby blocks still earn partial credit.
- Share colors: 🟩 9,000+ · 🟦 7,000+ · 🟨 5,000+ · 🟥 below 5,000
Practice mode
Want more than one game per day? Try Practice mode for unlimited random sets — scores are not saved to the daily leaderboard.
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