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Illustration for Atlantis Beneath the Tide

Mythic Mediterranean · 6 to 10 sessions Atlantis Beneath the Tide Atlantis did not sink. Poseidon carried it into his kingdom beneath the sea. Enter the story

Illustration for Ra Beneath the Pyramids

Ancient Egypt · 8 to 12 sessions Ra Beneath the Pyramids The sun god was once a man, and the body he built has outlived ancient Egypt. Enter the story

Illustration for The Terracotta Emperor

Xi'an, China · 5 to 8 sessions The Terracotta Emperor The guide knows the tomb too well, and the army has noticed what the party took. Enter the story

Illustration for The Calendar Wreck

The Aegean Sea · 4 to 7 sessions The Calendar Wreck A recovered machine predicts eclipses of places that have never existed. Enter the story

Illustration for Pillars Before Dawn

Upper Mesopotamia at Göbekli Tepe · 5 to 9 sessions Pillars Before Dawn The first city was built because somebody had to keep watch. Enter the story

Illustration for Stormvault of the Red Canyons

Nabataean Petra · 6 to 9 sessions Stormvault of the Red Canyons The desert city stores more than water when the floods arrive. Enter the story

Illustration for The Palace That Remembers

Bronze Age Crete · 6 to 10 sessions The Palace That Remembers The famous monster is the last person who can still read the maze. Enter the story

Illustration for The Last Shore of the Flood

Ancient Mesopotamia · 7 to 11 sessions The Last Shore of the Flood The immortal survivor was hidden because remembrance can summon the waters again. Enter the story

Illustration for Oracle of the Split Future

The sanctuary at Delphi · 5 to 8 sessions Oracle of the Split Future Every prophecy keeps two incompatible worlds from touching. Enter the story

Illustration for Paths of the Sleeping Sky

The Nazca desert · 5 to 8 sessions Paths of the Sleeping Sky Walking the desert figures keeps a buried being in the shape of the living world. Enter the story

Illustration for The City at the Four Wells

Chichén Itzá · 6 to 10 sessions The City at the Four Wells Each sacred well opens into a different claim on reality. Enter the story

Illustration for When the Ancestors Turn

Rapa Nui · 5 to 8 sessions When the Ancestors Turn One stone guardian has faced the ocean, and the island has stopped dreaming. Enter the story

Illustration for Walls of the Far Roads

Great Zimbabwe · 6 to 9 sessions Walls of the Far Roads A stone capital carries every promise made along its trade routes. Enter the story

Illustration for The Thirteenth Season

Cahokia on the Mississippi floodplain · 6 to 10 sessions The Thirteenth Season A wooden calendar has cast a shadow for a month that should not exist. Enter the story

Illustration for The City Beneath the City

Cappadocia · 6 to 9 sessions The City Beneath the City The oldest tunnels were dug upward by people fleeing the world below. Enter the story

Illustration for The Burned Library of Nine Gates

Nineveh in the Neo-Assyrian Empire · 7 to 10 sessions The Burned Library of Nine Gates Fire preserved the empire's knowledge and released its commands. Enter the story

Illustration for The Witness in the Fen

Iron Age Jutland · 4 to 7 sessions The Witness in the Fen A preserved stranger wakes whenever the village repeats an old betrayal. Enter the story

Illustration for The Unanswered Questions

Shang dynasty China · 5 to 8 sessions The Unanswered Questions An ancient court left its prophecies blank, and the present must supply the answers. Enter the story

Illustration for The Empty King's Ship

East Anglia at Sutton Hoo · 5 to 8 sessions The Empty King's Ship The burial chamber is full because the missing ruler sailed somewhere else. Enter the story

Illustration for Nine Cities at War

Troy at the Dardanelles · 8 to 12 sessions Nine Cities at War Every layer beneath the famous ruins remembers a different siege. Enter the story

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Illustration for Atlantis Beneath the Tide

Mythic Mediterranean Atlantis Beneath the Tide 6 to 10 sessionsawe Open story

Illustration for Ra Beneath the Pyramids

Ancient Egypt Ra Beneath the Pyramids 8 to 12 sessionsdesert mystery Open story

Illustration for The Terracotta Emperor

Xi'an, China The Terracotta Emperor 5 to 8 sessionsburied grandeur Open story

Illustration for The Calendar Wreck

The Aegean Sea The Calendar Wreck 4 to 7 sessionsnautical mystery Open story

Illustration for Pillars Before Dawn

Upper Mesopotamia at Göbekli Tepe Pillars Before Dawn 5 to 9 sessionsprimeval awe Open story

Illustration for Stormvault of the Red Canyons

Nabataean Petra Stormvault of the Red Canyons 6 to 9 sessionsdesert adventure Open story

Illustration for The Palace That Remembers

Bronze Age Crete The Palace That Remembers 6 to 10 sessionspalace mystery Open story

Illustration for The Last Shore of the Flood

Ancient Mesopotamia The Last Shore of the Flood 7 to 11 sessionsepic journey Open story

Illustration for Oracle of the Split Future

The sanctuary at Delphi Oracle of the Split Future 5 to 8 sessionssacred mystery Open story

Illustration for Paths of the Sleeping Sky

The Nazca desert Paths of the Sleeping Sky 5 to 8 sessionsdesert wonder Open story

Illustration for The City at the Four Wells

Chichén Itzá The City at the Four Wells 6 to 10 sessionsjungle mystery Open story

Illustration for When the Ancestors Turn

Rapa Nui When the Ancestors Turn 5 to 8 sessionsisland mystery Open story

Illustration for Walls of the Far Roads

Great Zimbabwe Walls of the Far Roads 6 to 9 sessionshighland intrigue Open story

Illustration for The Thirteenth Season

Cahokia on the Mississippi floodplain The Thirteenth Season 6 to 10 sessionsriver city mystery Open story

Illustration for The City Beneath the City

Cappadocia The City Beneath the City 6 to 9 sessionssubterranean suspense Open story

Illustration for The Burned Library of Nine Gates

Nineveh in the Neo-Assyrian Empire The Burned Library of Nine Gates 7 to 10 sessionsarchive thriller Open story

Illustration for The Witness in the Fen

Iron Age Jutland The Witness in the Fen 4 to 7 sessionsforensic mystery Open story

Illustration for The Unanswered Questions

Shang dynasty China The Unanswered Questions 5 to 8 sessionscourt mystery Open story

Illustration for The Empty King's Ship

East Anglia at Sutton Hoo The Empty King's Ship 5 to 8 sessionsburial mystery Open story

Illustration for Nine Cities at War

Troy at the Dardanelles Nine Cities at War 8 to 12 sessionssiege mystery Open story