What is Anthropeum?
Anthropeum is a daily guessing game set in a museum. Each day you are shown ten real objects from collections like that of the Metropolitan Museum of Art: a carved figure, a painted bowl, a piece of jewellery, a tool or a textile, spanning around 5,000 years of human history. For each one, you guess where in the world it was made and roughly when. Hints are available if you are stuck, and at the end you see how your answers compare with other players. Nobody is expected to know these objects by heart, which is what makes it fun: you learn to read the clues in materials, patterns and styles, and you leave knowing a little more about cultures you may never have thought about. It works well as a slow, curious puzzle with breakfast. Anthropeum suits museum lovers, history fans and anyone who enjoys a bit of detective work with beautiful objects.
How to play
- Look at the object and its photo.
- Guess the region where it was made and roughly when.
- Use hints if needed. Ten objects make one day's game.
