The title functions as a curated archive of speculative relics and monuments. Sardin explores how the landscape of human civilization might have been rewritten by different historical outcomes — such as a Mithraic temple in a rewritten Rome. Each artifact acts as an ideological fossil, demonstrating how trade and governance manifest in the tangible world of stone, ornament, and signage. Sardin suggests that history is not only found in texts but is deeply embedded in the aesthetics of the objects we leave behind. "We are not telling all the stories we should be telling," he says, reflecting on the missed potential of the past. This book is a disciplined exercise in imagination, challenging the reader to view our own material culture as just one of many possible outcomes within a vast, unmapped museum of human potential.

Trained as an architect, Guillaume Sardin is a narrative artist whose practice oscillates between France and Rwanda. His anthropological approach, refined during his tenure as a lecturer at the University of Rwanda, allows him to shift perspectives and move beyond Western-centered narrations. Using a signature clear line style, Sardin’s drawings unearth forgotten mythologies and recompose the world by playfully intertwining past and present influences. His work serves as a tribute to global tales and diverse cultures, constantly questioning our relationship with the past through a curious and passionate approach to design and storytelling.