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Mysteries of Easter Island by Laura Hamilton Waxman
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Category: History | Series: Ancient Mysteries (Alternator Books (tm)) Ser. | Reading Level: Grade 04-06
On Easter in 1722, a fleet of Dutch ships exploring the southeastern Pacific Ocean came across a small island that at first seemed uninhabited. Instead, the sailors found a community of people--and hundreds of giant stone statues. Easter Island and its statues have long been a source of mystery for expl ...Show more
Mysteries of Machu Picchu by Elizabeth Weitzman
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Category: History | Series: Ancient Mysteries (Alternator Books (tm)) Ser. | Reading Level: Grade 04-06
In 1911 an American explorer came across an ancient city hidden high in the Andes Mountains of Peru. Since then, explorers, archaeologists, and tourists have been fascinated by this beautiful and mysterious city known as Machu Picchu. The city appears to have been carefully constructed--every stone is p ...Show more
Mysteries of Pompeii by Laura Hamilton Waxman
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Category: History | Series: Ancient Mysteries (Alternator Books (tm)) Ser. | Reading Level: Grade 04-06
Two thousand years ago, disaster struck the ancient Roman city of Pompeii. When Mount Vesuvius erupted, a deadly cloud of superheated ash, rock, and gas descended on the city and its terrified people. Pompeii lay buried and forgotten for centuries. The thick layer of volcanic ash acted like a time capsu ...Show more
Mysteries of Stonehenge by Elizabeth Weitzman
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Category: History | Series: Ancient Mysteries (Alternator Books (tm)) Ser. | Reading Level: Grade 04-06
Five thousand years ago, someone (or a lot of someones) shaped and assembled a group of 25-ton rocks in southwest England. We call it Stonehenge. The summer and winter solstices are amazingly beautiful at this mysterious configuration of rocks. But still no one knows exactly who built Stonehenge, how th ...Show more
Mysteries of the Egyptian Pyramids by Karen Latchana Kenney
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Category: History | Series: Ancient Mysteries (Alternator Books (tm)) Ser. | Reading Level: Grade 04-06
Massive pyramids tower over the Giza Plateau near Cairo, Egypt. Built in the Bronze Age, these immense stone structures were engineered with remarkable precision. How did the ancient Egyptians construct them without the use of modern tools? Why were they built? Throughout the centuries, historians and a ...Show more
Mysteries of the Great Wall of China by Karen Latchana Kenney
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Category: History | Series: Ancient Mysteries (Alternator Books (tm)) Ser. | Reading Level: Grade 04-06
In August 2011, an expedition in the Gobi Desert region of Mongolia uncovered a long-forgotten section of the Great Wall of China. In 2015, nine new sections of the wall were located in northwest China. Researchers and archaeologists have worked for years to uncover the secrets of this incredible ancien ...Show more
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