A geyser shoots water like a fountain. But a geyser shoots steaming hot water from a hole deep in the ground. Some geysers shoot water high into the air. Others just bubble up from the ground. Some...
SHOWER FOR A GIANT OR TWO
The Niagara Falls are two falls. The American Falls are on the left in this picture, and the Horseshoe Falls in Canada are on the right. Niagara Falls would be a great place for a giant to take a...
WHAT A RIVER!
Many smaller rivers join the mighty Amazon as it nears the Atlantic Ocean. > The Amazon River is so wide, the people living in this village can > hardly see the other side. The Amazon River is...
OH! AND AH! PLACES
If you see fireworks bursting in the sky, you might say, "Oh!" And if you see a litter of puppies, you might say, "Ah!" Other times you might feel like saying "Oh" or "Ah" are when you see certain...
HORSES ON THE ROOF
If you had lived a few thousand years ago, you could have taken a ride in a four-horse chariot like the one on top of this building. The building was the famous gold and marble tomb of a king named...
A LIGHT IN THE NIGHT
Crack! Thunder fills the night. The rough sea rocks and tosses the ships sailing toward Alexandria, a city in Egypt. But the sailors are not worried. They can see in the distance the bright flames...
WHO’S ZEUS?
Thousands of years ago, people believed that a god named Zeus watched over the sky and the weather. A Greek sculptor and his men carved a statue of Zeus at a place called Olympia in Greece. No one...
HANGING GARDENS
A long time ago, King Nebuchadnezzar lived in a land called Babylonia. He married a beautiful princess from another land and brought her to Babylon, the capital of Babylonia. The new queen grew...
THE GREAT STONE TENT
Cheops was the name of a king in ancient Egypt who wanted a place to stay when he died. So, he ordered his men to build a huge stone house in the shape of a pyramid. A pyramid looks somewhat like an...
WHERE A GODDESS LIVED
Long ago, the people of Greece and Rome believed in many gods and goddesses. Stories, which we call myths, were made up about the gods and goddesses. These myths helped to explain the things in...