If you found a broken tin soldier buried under a big rock, you might try
to find out where it came from.
Some grown-ups do almost the same kind of thing. But they try to find
answers about how people lived in the past. They find the answers in
places like tumbled down palaces, buried cities, and even old statues.
Read the next pages to find out how ruins help unlock some mysteries of
people\’s lives long ago.
A LOST CITY
> The ancient city of Machu Picchu was built by Inca Indians in Peru. They said it couldn’t be found. A young American, Hiram Bingham, tried many times and had no luck. And others had tried…
THE GLORY OF ANCIENT GREECE
On a high hill overlooking the city of Athens stand the ruins of a once splendid temple. This famous temple is known as the Parthenon, and the hill is called the Acropolis. The Acropolis was the…
THE FORGOTTEN TEMPLE
Trees and twisting vines once completely covered a famous Buddhist temple. It was hidden from sight for hundreds of years. This temple is on the island of Java, which is part of the country of…
THE GLORY OF ANCIENT ROME
The people of ancient Rome met and mixed at open market places called forums. The most important of these, the Forum Romanum, or Roman Forum, became the center of Roman government. The Roman Forum…
