Giovanni Caselli

Traces the early history of civilization from the first toolmakers of four million years ago through the Greeks of the fifth century B.C.

Describes the discovery of the tomb of the Egyptian king Tutankhamun and what it revealed about everyday life in his time.

Examines daily life in the Middle Ages, covering such aspects aschivalry, the great cathedrals, medieval technology, country life, and pilgrimages.

Observes a potter and his family living in Athens in 420 B.C., atime of the Olympics, a great festival to Athena, and the construction of many temples, and describes the potter at work makingand decorating pots. Includes illustrations of tools and equipment he and his family might have used in their daily lives.

"Presents, in text and illustrations, a range of people whose way of life reveals various aspects of the society developing in Europe and America from the fifteenth through the eighteenth centuries." --

Describes the discovery and excavation of the ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii, buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D., and what has been learned about life there.

Reconstructs the seasonal activities and daily life of an Ice Age tribe in Europe over 15,000 years ago.

An illustrated collection of twenty Greek myths including "Prometheus and Pandora," "Theseus and the Minotaur," "Meleager and the blazing logs," and "The story of Phaeton."

A collection of myths relating the exploits and adventures of the gods and heroes of ancient Greece.