Famous Finds and Finders: Searching for the Past
Famous Finds and Finders: Searching for the Past
This engaging book for young adventurers features 40 historical discoveries, from tiny artifacts to entire cities, including the people and circumstances behind their uncovering.
In Famous Finds and Finders, young readers are taken on an adventurous journey back through time as they learn about the field of archeology and its role in uncovering the secrets of our past. Emphasizing the importance of preserving and recording moments in history, it encourages children to consider their own place in the ongoing story of humanity.
Kids will also learn about the tools and techniques (from crude to state-of-the-art) that archeologists and paleontologists use, as well as about the challenges they face in uncovering fragments of the past buried in the ground or under the ocean.
The discoveries are divided into 5 categories:
People and Animals
Towns and Cities
Works of Art
Under the Sea
Underground
Sections include:
Tutankhamun's Tomb: An Ancient Egyptian burial chamber discovered by archeologist Howard Carter in 1922, famous for its magnificent treasures.
Lascaux: A complex of caves in France containing some of the most well-preserved prehistoric cave paintings in the world, discovered in 1940 by exploring four teenagers.
The Titanic: A British luxury passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in 1912 after colliding with an iceberg, resulting in the loss of many lives.
Lucy: A partial skeleton of a female Australopithecus afarensis hominin, discovered in Ethiopia in 1974 by a paleoanthropologist from the University of Cleveland.
Ötzi the Iceman: The mummy of a man who lived around 3,300 BCE, discovered in 1991 in the Alps by hikers who thought he was a deceased modern climber.
Whydah Gally: A pirate ship discovered by an underwater explorer off the coast of Cape Cod in 1984.
Terracotta Army: A collection of earthen sculptures depicting the armies of the first Emperor of China, discovered by local farmers in 1974.
Miss Ardi: The oldest known hominid skeleton, providing insights into human evolution.
Chinchorro Mummies: The oldest artificially preserved human remains, found along the coast of present-day Chile and Peru.
Altai Princess: The well-preserved mummy of a young woman who lived over 2,500 years ago in Siberia.
Sue the Rex: The most com
In Famous Finds and Finders, young readers are taken on an adventurous journey back through time as they learn about the field of archeology and its role in uncovering the secrets of our past. Emphasizing the importance of preserving and recording moments in history, it encourages children to consider their own place in the ongoing story of humanity.
Kids will also learn about the tools and techniques (from crude to state-of-the-art) that archeologists and paleontologists use, as well as about the challenges they face in uncovering fragments of the past buried in the ground or under the ocean.
The discoveries are divided into 5 categories:
People and Animals
Towns and Cities
Works of Art
Under the Sea
Underground
Sections include:
Tutankhamun's Tomb: An Ancient Egyptian burial chamber discovered by archeologist Howard Carter in 1922, famous for its magnificent treasures.
Lascaux: A complex of caves in France containing some of the most well-preserved prehistoric cave paintings in the world, discovered in 1940 by exploring four teenagers.
The Titanic: A British luxury passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in 1912 after colliding with an iceberg, resulting in the loss of many lives.
Lucy: A partial skeleton of a female Australopithecus afarensis hominin, discovered in Ethiopia in 1974 by a paleoanthropologist from the University of Cleveland.
Ötzi the Iceman: The mummy of a man who lived around 3,300 BCE, discovered in 1991 in the Alps by hikers who thought he was a deceased modern climber.
Whydah Gally: A pirate ship discovered by an underwater explorer off the coast of Cape Cod in 1984.
Terracotta Army: A collection of earthen sculptures depicting the armies of the first Emperor of China, discovered by local farmers in 1974.
Miss Ardi: The oldest known hominid skeleton, providing insights into human evolution.
Chinchorro Mummies: The oldest artificially preserved human remains, found along the coast of present-day Chile and Peru.
Altai Princess: The well-preserved mummy of a young woman who lived over 2,500 years ago in Siberia.
Sue the Rex: The most com
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This engaging book for young adventurers features 40 historical discoveries, from tiny artifacts to entire cities, including the people and circumstances behind their uncovering.
In Famous Finds and Finders, young readers are taken on an adventurous journey back through time as they learn about the field of archeology and its role in uncovering the secrets of our past. Emphasizing the importance of preserving and recording moments in history, it encourages children to consider their own place in the ongoing story of humanity.
Kids will also learn about the tools and techniques (from crude to state-of-the-art) that archeologists and paleontologists use, as well as about the challenges they face in uncovering fragments of the past buried in the ground or under the ocean.
The discoveries are divided into 5 categories:
People and Animals
Towns and Cities
Works of Art
Under the Sea
Underground
Sections include:
Tutankhamun's Tomb: An Ancient Egyptian burial chamber discovered by archeologist Howard Carter in 1922, famous for its magnificent treasures.
Lascaux: A complex of caves in France containing some of the most well-preserved prehistoric cave paintings in the world, discovered in 1940 by exploring four teenagers.
The Titanic: A British luxury passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in 1912 after colliding with an iceberg, resulting in the loss of many lives.
Lucy: A partial skeleton of a female Australopithecus afarensis hominin, discovered in Ethiopia in 1974 by a paleoanthropologist from the University of Cleveland.
Ötzi the Iceman: The mummy of a man who lived around 3,300 BCE, discovered in 1991 in the Alps by hikers who thought he was a deceased modern climber.
Whydah Gally: A pirate ship discovered by an underwater explorer off the coast of Cape Cod in 1984.
Terracotta Army: A collection of earthen sculptures depicting the armies of the first Emperor of China, discovered by local farmers in 1974.
Miss Ardi: The oldest known hominid skeleton, providing insights into human evolution.
Chinchorro Mummies: The oldest artificially preserved human remains, found along the coast of present-day Chile and Peru.
Altai Princess: The well-preserved mummy of a young woman who lived over 2,500 years ago in Siberia.
Sue the Rex: The most com
In Famous Finds and Finders, young readers are taken on an adventurous journey back through time as they learn about the field of archeology and its role in uncovering the secrets of our past. Emphasizing the importance of preserving and recording moments in history, it encourages children to consider their own place in the ongoing story of humanity.
Kids will also learn about the tools and techniques (from crude to state-of-the-art) that archeologists and paleontologists use, as well as about the challenges they face in uncovering fragments of the past buried in the ground or under the ocean.
The discoveries are divided into 5 categories:
People and Animals
Towns and Cities
Works of Art
Under the Sea
Underground
Sections include:
Tutankhamun's Tomb: An Ancient Egyptian burial chamber discovered by archeologist Howard Carter in 1922, famous for its magnificent treasures.
Lascaux: A complex of caves in France containing some of the most well-preserved prehistoric cave paintings in the world, discovered in 1940 by exploring four teenagers.
The Titanic: A British luxury passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in 1912 after colliding with an iceberg, resulting in the loss of many lives.
Lucy: A partial skeleton of a female Australopithecus afarensis hominin, discovered in Ethiopia in 1974 by a paleoanthropologist from the University of Cleveland.
Ötzi the Iceman: The mummy of a man who lived around 3,300 BCE, discovered in 1991 in the Alps by hikers who thought he was a deceased modern climber.
Whydah Gally: A pirate ship discovered by an underwater explorer off the coast of Cape Cod in 1984.
Terracotta Army: A collection of earthen sculptures depicting the armies of the first Emperor of China, discovered by local farmers in 1974.
Miss Ardi: The oldest known hominid skeleton, providing insights into human evolution.
Chinchorro Mummies: The oldest artificially preserved human remains, found along the coast of present-day Chile and Peru.
Altai Princess: The well-preserved mummy of a young woman who lived over 2,500 years ago in Siberia.
Sue the Rex: The most com
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