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John McChesney-YoungI recently discovered an online game hosted by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Each day there's a set of 10 objects with anywhere from 1 to 10 photos and you're asked to identify the place from which they come & their approximate age on a timeline, with up to 5,000 points each for location & date. If you guess the opposite side of the world you might get 2 points out of 5k (as I did today) but despite my ignorance I usually total 60k-70k. You might enjoy it! https://anthropeum.com/.
Melissa
NearerAndFartherThis was really interesting (and humbling!). Thanks for sharing.
Elizabeth@jmccyoung This is so much fun!
Gail Parenti@jmccyoung I love it!
Mark Mullen@jmccyoung I said where, but won't let me select a time.....🤔 The icon is grayed out.
Ness
petrosCOOL!
Sharing my result proudly 🙂
Anthropeum.com · Jun 15 2026
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Furthering@jmccyoung Thank you for sharing!
Jochen Lingelbach@jmccyoung
Thanks for this. Its fun:
Anthropeum.com · Jun 15 2026
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Thanks for this. Its fun:
Anthropeum.com · Jun 15 2026
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timon (artha) 🏳️⚧️@jmccyoung I am Really bad at this
Anthropeum.com · Jun 15 2026
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@jmccyoung This is really great! Thank you for sharing it
Edit: And if you like what they're doing, you can buy them a coffee on the home page 
Anthropeum.com · Jun 15 2026
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epicdemiologist@jmccyoung Ooh, thanks! That's a fun one! An art history course is very helpful! Circa 70K for me today.
Mr.Mark "The Sharpie King"@jmccyoung
Dang, it must be my iPhone interface. I cannot select a time so it won’t let me proceed. Anyway, it’s cool. I’ll try it on another device later.
Dang, it must be my iPhone interface. I cannot select a time so it won’t let me proceed. Anyway, it’s cool. I’ll try it on another device later.
@markmetz Did you see that to enter the date you click on the timeline at the top? That confused me at first, too.
@jmccyoung
Aha! Thanks!
Aha! Thanks!
Dorit@jmccyoung Thanks for sharing! I scored much better than expected: Anthropeum.com · Jun 15 2026
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Ben Rosengart@jmccyoung @mhoye This is really cool, thank you for sharing it.
Katykayay@jmccyoung Oh oh! Another thing I'm going to have to do every day! My score was bad enough to challenge me
Anthropeum.com · Jun 15 2026
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Anthropeum.com · Jun 15 2026
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@KateConnors I know, I feel a little bad about how much time the games I do every morning take, but this one is pretty fun. I have no background in art history or anthropology and I'm honestly mystified at how well I've done so far, and I can only speculate that I'm just old enough to have seen a lot of photos over the years!
frigginGlorious ✅@jmccyoung this was neat!
Andreas Hütig@jmccyoung Very interesting & instructive!
Anthropeum.com · Jun 16 2026
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Anthropeum.com · Jun 16 2026
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Filambulle@jmccyoung
Second day of trying this. I should have used my hints on earthenware, but I am happy to learn.
Anthropeum.com · Jun 19 2026
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Second day of trying this. I should have used my hints on earthenware, but I am happy to learn.
Anthropeum.com · Jun 19 2026
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@Filambulle Impressive score!
@jmccyoung Thanks. I have a master in art historians genuinely like visiting museums. ;-) Memorising all the subtle details of earthenware styles is beyond my patience, but I want to improve with non European art and this web game with all the information is very well done.