Ink & Epoch
Twenty prompts across history & invention. Scan a QR code from the book, or pick one here.
01
The Library That Burned
Ancient World · c. 3rd C. BCE
02
The Last Morning in Pompeii
Roman Empire · 79 CE
03
Setting the First Type
Invention · c. 1440
04
A Letter Along the Silk Road
Trade & Empire · c. 200 BCE–1400 CE
05
The Great Fire of London
Early Modern · 1666
06
The Stone That Unlocked a Language
Archaeology · 1799 / 1822
07
The Engine That Never Tires
Industrial Age · c. 1769–1800s
08
A Wire Across the Ocean
Communication · 1858 / 1866
09
Twelve Seconds Off the Ground
Aviation · 17 Dec 1903
10
The Unsinkable Hour
Disaster · April 1912
11
The Golden Spike
American West · 10 May 1869
12
One Small Step
Space Age · 20 July 1969
13
The Room-Sized Brain
Computing · 1945
14
The First Message
Internet · 29 Oct 1969
15
The Mechanism From the Sea
Ancient Tech · c. 2nd C. BCE
16
The First Program
Ideas · 1843
17
The Glow in the Dark Laboratory
Science · 1898–1911
18
Mr. Watson, Come Here
Communication · 1876
19
Catching Light
Image · 1839
20
The Clock That Found Longitude
Navigation · 1761