The mystery
A buried village reappears in the desert and tells Aarti a story about wind and water.
Week 4 · Deserts · Coming soon
Puzzles of the Shifting Sands
Aarti says
Explorer! A whole village just came back out of the sand. Somebody lived here. Who, and why did they leave?
This mystery unlocks soon
The animation is still being drawn, and this mystery unlocks soon — but here is the whole story as a narrated storyboard. Press play.
Storyboard previewScene 1 of 7Aarti (voice-over)
From space, the sand hides straight lines — and nature doesn't do straight lines.
Satellite view of dunes; faint straight lines glow through the sand.
New technology
The sand scanner: a drone that sees shapes hidden under the dunes.
What you'll do
Invent the object you would leave behind for a future archaeologist to find.
Your turn, Explorer
This mystery's activity opens with the episode. Meanwhile you can design Chatti's avatar — that one is ready now.
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