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Archaeology Long-Form Story Template

The Green Sahara — There are paintings of people swimming here

A scroll-driven history that opens on rock paintings of people swimming in what is now the driest place on Earth, and works backwards to the orbital wobble that put a monsoon there. It ends by noting that it is scheduled to happen again.

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About this template

This is the library's model for a story told in evidence. Each section introduces one piece — the paintings, the lakebed, the sediment, the orbital cycle — and only the last one draws the conclusion. Holding the explanation back is what keeps a reader scrolling through eight thousand pixels.

The palette is warmer and the motion gentler than the other long-form pages here, which suits a subject that is historical rather than mechanical. If your story is about something that happened rather than something that works, start from this one.

What's included (9)

1Hud
2There are paintings of people swimming here.
3A gallery of animals that cannot live within a thousand kilometres
4The largest lake on the planet used to be in the middle of the Sahara
5The green Sahara did not vanish. It was covered over.
6The cause is that the Earth wobbles, and the monsoon follows it north
7Four numbers from a desert that was not one
8It is scheduled to happen again.
9Footer

Design system

Palette

--ink: #fdf7ee
--ink-2: #dbcab4
--ink-3: #a2907b
--line: rgba(240, 220, 194, 0.14)
--line-2: rgba(240, 220, 194, 0.28)

Typefaces

Cormorant Garamond
Inter
JetBrains Mono

Who it's for

Archaeology and anthropology organisations
History museums and heritage sites
Documentary and long-form publishing companions
Climate communicators working on deep time

Specification

Layout: 1440px wide
Page length: 8,100px
Sections: 9
Colour scheme: Dark
Typefaces: 3

Scroll-driven — the page responds as you move down it
Live WebGL graphics, rendered in the browser
No photography — everything is drawn in code, so it stays sharp

How to use this template

Look through the design
Scroll the live preview on this page. It is the real archaeology long-form story template running in the browser, not a screenshot, so what you see is what you get.
Say what you want it to be
Type your business, product or subject into the box, or leave it blank to start from the design exactly as it is. Starting a project from a template is a paid-plan feature; looking through them is not.
Let it be rebuilt around you
The copy, the palette and the imagery are rewritten for your subject while the layout, typography and motion of the original are kept.
Keep editing, then export
Open it on the canvas to change anything by prompt or by hand, then publish it or export the code.

Questions

How long is the page?

About eight thousand pixels across nine sections — a genuine long read, and the template is built to hold attention across it.

Can it be shorter?

Yes. Ask for fewer sections and the pacing is rebalanced rather than simply truncated.

Is this archaeology long-form story template free to use?

Browsing is free and needs no account — you can scroll the whole design on this page, at desktop and at mobile width, before deciding anything. Starting a project from a template is on the paid plans.

Can I change the colours and fonts?

Yes — every colour in this design is a named token and every typeface is declared once, so asking for your own brand rewrites a handful of declarations rather than regenerating the page. This template currently uses Cormorant Garamond, Inter and JetBrains Mono.

Do I need an account to look at the templates?

No. Every template page, its live preview and all the category pages are open to anyone — no account, no sign-up wall. An account and a paid plan are needed only when you start a project from one.

Do I need to know how to design or code?

No. You describe what you want in plain language and the page is rebuilt around it. If you do write code, you can export the HTML and CSS and take it with you.

Can I use it for a commercial project?

Yes. Pages you make from a template are yours to publish and to use commercially.

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Archaeology Long-Form Story Template

The Green Sahara — There are paintings of people swimming here

Free to browse and preview. Starting a project from a template needs a paid plan.

Or make it yours as it opens

Leave blank to start from the design as it is

About this template

What's included (9)

1Hud
2There are paintings of people swimming here.
3A gallery of animals that cannot live within a thousand kilometres
4The largest lake on the planet used to be in the middle of the Sahara
5The green Sahara did not vanish. It was covered over.
6The cause is that the Earth wobbles, and the monsoon follows it north
7Four numbers from a desert that was not one
8It is scheduled to happen again.
9Footer

Design system

Palette

--ink: #fdf7ee
--ink-2: #dbcab4
--ink-3: #a2907b
--line: rgba(240, 220, 194, 0.14)
--line-2: rgba(240, 220, 194, 0.28)

Typefaces

Cormorant Garamond
Inter
JetBrains Mono

Who it's for

Archaeology and anthropology organisations
History museums and heritage sites
Documentary and long-form publishing companions
Climate communicators working on deep time

Specification

Layout: 1440px wide
Page length: 8,100px
Sections: 9
Colour scheme: Dark
Typefaces: 3

Scroll-driven — the page responds as you move down it
Live WebGL graphics, rendered in the browser
No photography — everything is drawn in code, so it stays sharp

How to use this template

Look through the design
Scroll the live preview on this page. It is the real archaeology long-form story template running in the browser, not a screenshot, so what you see is what you get.
Say what you want it to be
Type your business, product or subject into the box, or leave it blank to start from the design exactly as it is. Starting a project from a template is a paid-plan feature; looking through them is not.
Let it be rebuilt around you
The copy, the palette and the imagery are rewritten for your subject while the layout, typography and motion of the original are kept.
Keep editing, then export
Open it on the canvas to change anything by prompt or by hand, then publish it or export the code.

Questions

How long is the page?

About eight thousand pixels across nine sections — a genuine long read, and the template is built to hold attention across it.

Can it be shorter?

Yes. Ask for fewer sections and the pacing is rebalanced rather than simply truncated.

Is this archaeology long-form story template free to use?

Can I change the colours and fonts?

Do I need an account to look at the templates?

No. Every template page, its live preview and all the category pages are open to anyone — no account, no sign-up wall. An account and a paid plan are needed only when you start a project from one.

Do I need to know how to design or code?

No. You describe what you want in plain language and the page is rebuilt around it. If you do write code, you can export the HTML and CSS and take it with you.