Qin dynasty秦

Paracas culture

The richest Paracas mummy bundles wrapped a single body in layer upon layer of cloth, sometimes more than a hundred separate textiles.

Maya civilization

The Maya Long Count calendar tracks days in an unbroken count from a mythical starting point in 3114 BCE.

Ancient EgyptKemet (km.t)

The Ptolemies' Alexandria, with its lighthouse and library, grew into a city of hundreds of thousands while Qin's First Emperor unified China in 221 BCE and Rome fought Carthage.

Zapotec civilizationBe'ena'a

Zapotec nobles were buried in stone tombs beneath their own houses, later reopened and reused for centuries.

Celtic Iron Age

Celtic peoples left almost no writing of their own; nearly everything known about their beliefs comes from Greek and Roman authors who saw them as enemies.