HTC Global Explorers
A self-updating year-round cultural adventure. This month: 🦁 East Africa — Swahili Coast & Great Zimbabwe
Discovery of the Day
Inventor SpotlightIbn al-Haytham
Arab · Optics & Physics
Invented the first pinhole camera in 1011 CE and wrote the Book of Optics — the foundation of modern photography, telescopes, and eyeglasses.
17 of 32 discoveries
Scholar's World Journey
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Ancient Egypt
North Africa
Indigenous Americas
The Americas
Islamic Golden Age
Middle East & Persia
West African Empires
West Africa
Polynesian Navigators
Pacific Ocean
Aztec & Mesoamerica
Mesoamerica
Ancient China
East Asia
India — Vedic to Mughal
South Asia
African Diaspora
Global Diaspora
Ancient Greece & Rome
Mediterranean
East Africa
East Africa
Global Traditions
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