Substrata — Explore the Hidden Layers of the World

Substrata is an interactive map that lets you travel through geological deep time and human history. Drag the map to any location on Earth, then slide back millions of years to see ancient continents, vanished oceans, and the creatures that lived there.

Explore paleogeographic reconstructions, ice-age coastlines, and the cultural layers left by civilisations from the Neolithic to the modern era — all in one seamless view.

Substrata

Explore layers of time

Substrata·Explore layers of time

This Place Through Time

Drop a pin anywhere on the map — or select a place — to explore what was here across deep time and human history.

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