Whether it’s at the first cry that ends a long-running baby fever or the last hug of a departing beloved, everyone’s got those special moments they’ll trade most other things to see again. And if Barry Allen’s cosmic treadmill were an actual invention, many would, without a second thought, strap on their seatbelt to again walk under the simmering sun of a long lost past. History is filled with such moments of heightened significance, and when a community of history-buffs was asked which time they’d love to revisit, these timelines were their prime choices.
1. The Beginning of The Olympics
The Olympics is one unifying event that brings the world closer through sport, but several respondents say they’ll wear a time suit to travel back to 776 BC, where it all began. ”To see the pomp, intents, and rituals of the first game would be the closest we could be to the origin of organized sports,” someone adds.
2. Queen’s Performance at Live Aid
One contributor would “go back to see Queen at Live Aid,” for any prize in the world and beyond. Some other contributors consider the 1985 Queen’s d a prime choice and would tag along if science could suddenly drag us back in time.
3. The Conquest of Jerusalem by the Babylonians
An odd choice, you’d say? Not for these community members who say they’ll travel back to 587 BC to see the final resting place of the”Arc of Covenant and the lost treasures.” Someone adds that it’s buried on Oak Island, and going back in time to find it would translate to discovering one of history’s largest treasure reserves.
4. Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
Seventy-three seconds into its flight in 1986, The Challenger blew up before a stretch of space watchers, marking a dark time in America’s space exploration history. Several people say they’d love to relive the moments and dare to avert the disaster if they could.
5. Time of Birth
You may be unable to project into the future to see the moment you’ll breathe your last, but what if you could travel back in time to see when you took your first drag of air? Many people claim they would want to see the point in history “when a legend” was born. Someone says they’ll be happy to compare their innocent, unconscious self with the fully conscious adult they’ve become.
6. The Drafting of the US Constitution
Several contributors consider the Constitution’s language hard to understand, and some say they’d like to go back to 1987 to have a say on how it should be done. Someone adds that they’ll ask for equal rights for women and people of color.
7. The Building of the Pyramids of Giza
The last surviving wonder of the world still piques interest even today, and the question of who built them, humans or aliens, is what some forum participants would love to put to rest if they could board a time capsule. One individual argues that the mystery around who built the Pyramids adds to the real estate value of the ancient edifices and is better never unraveled.
8. Woodstock
The Woodwork Festival in 1999 was marred by violence, rioting, and death, and some people say they would want to go back and stop it if they could travel back in time. One person who witnessed it firsthand says the horror is worth rewinding time for and that they’ll choose to avert those three days of horror if they get a ticket back to ’99.
9. The Day Before The Big Bang
When a curious commenter drops the notion of traveling back to the time before the Genesis of Everything in a time loop, several others suddenly thought it fascinating and wouldn’t rule out the idea of witnessing the birth of everything. “I want to feel it too, to know what “nothing” looks like,” one person points out, highlighting how fulfilling going back to where it all began would be.
10. Age of the Dinosaurs
We’ve seen the Jurassic Park movies fictionalizing the extinction event that took out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago, but that’s not enough for some Americans who would want to witness things as they unfold if they could. One woman says she’ll be coming with a “camera, a telephone lens, bug spray, and a caliber rifle,” in case there’s a need for one.