Have you ever gone looking for buried treasure? Find out all about being an archaeologist, the treasure that has been found - from gold coins to butter that has been preserved for thousands of years - and what we can learn from it in this fascinating information book. Gold/Band 9 fiction offers developing readers literary language and stories with distinctive characters.Text type: An information bookAn illustrated timeline on pages 22 and 23 helps readers to recap the finds in chronolo...
Describes the research and paleontological investigation that led to the identification and classification of the dinosaur Troodon.
Discussses the discovery, history, and significance of an Incan mummy found frozen in the mountains of Peru.
Portal to Florida's Past, an Archaeology Adventure
by Amy A Elder
Dig in to the oldest record-keeping system on earth: the human body. Jill Rubalcaba and Peter Robertshaw recount the unearthing of four hominins—Turkana Boy, Lapedo Child, Kennewick Man, and Iceman. Each discovery leads not only to deductions that scientists made in laboratories, but also to controversial debates over the reconstruction of these ancient corpses. Experts argue, institutions throw accusations, and reputations fall apart as the brightest minds in the business try to deduce what r...
Illustrated discussion of the early history of Egypt, its religion and pharaohs.
Stonehenge: Who Built This Stone Formation? (History's Mysteries)
by Megan Cooley Peterson
Archaeology for Kids - Asia - Top Archaeological Dig Sites and Discoveries Guide on Archaeological Artifacts 5th Grade Social Studies
by Baby Professor
Secret Cities (In Search of the Past) (In Search of the Past S.)
by Mike Corbishley
From the very earliest times, people have used buildings both as houses to live in and also to serve as centres for important activities: churches, temples, libraries or castles, for example. However, in time the buildings are buried and forgotten. How can the purpose of each building be identified? and what can we learn about the people who built them? In this text Mike Corbishley investigates some of the most famous buildings and cities in the world, including Troy, Pompeii, the pyramid of Mac...
Treasures of the Spanish Main (Frozen in Time)
by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
Dinosaurios (Dinosaurs Set 2) (Spanish Version) (Set) (Dinosaurios (Dinosaurs Set 2))
by Grace Hansen
On March 23, 1900, Arthur John Evans and his staff began to excavate on Crete, looking for the fabled site of Knossos, where an extraordinary civilization, a precursor to classical Greece, was rumored to have existed. Almost from the first shovel stroke, artifacts began to emerge. Evans realized that here was "an extraordinary phenomenon, nothing Greek, nothing Roman. A wholly unexplored world." The Palace of Minos at Knossos recounts the exciting story of uncovering a remarkable society lost to...