Explore the ancient city of Athens. Meet Socrates and listen to parts of Homer's tale, The Odyssey. Take a trip to the agora, the heart and soul of the city. See how to "dress like …

From playing ancient games to learning hieroglyphics in scribe school, learn all about the lives of Egyptian kids who lived thousands of years ago. Meet an Egyptologist and find ou …

How did children live in ancient Japan? What did they eat? What kinds of work did they do when they grew up? What religions did they and their families practice? In this issue of A …

Discover how the interconnection of geography and climate led to the birth of civilization. Find out how fertile land and the invention of irrigation led to crop surpluses, giving …

Mexico is our close neighbor, sharing over a thousand miles of border with our country. Explore two powerful peoples of ancient Mexico: the Aztec and the Maya. Visit a thriving mar …

Enter the world of ancient Rome, where children write on tablets in school and speak Latin. Walk down a Roman street and visit a Roman house. Read a myth and learn about typical p …

Like its Great Wall stretching for thousands of miles, China's history is long and full of surprises. A land of laws, art, and invention, ancient China has many connections to toda …

Learn of the lives of knights and ladies, serfs and townspeople. What was it like to grow up in a castle or on a manor? What was it like to be a young apprentice? From food to fash …

What sort of jobs did people do in ancient China? Find out what it was like to build the Great Wall or work on a farm. What did you do if your family raised silkworms? Why was bamb …

The first in a new series on "who did what," this issue explores how things were made, built, and done in ancient Egypt. Beginning with a "wall" of job postings, you'll find out ho …

Continuing our on-going series examining how things were made and done in the ancient world.