• What were Greek coins made of?
  Silver and gold. They were decorated with symbols of the cities where ...

• Could women take part in the Olympic Games?
  No. Women were banned from the whole site during the games. But once ...

• Did the Greeks go to war?
  Yes. In 490 BC and 479 BC, the Greeks defeated Persian invaders, on ...

• Were there games in other Greek cities?
  Yes. There were more than 200 different sports festivals in Greece ...

• How many different boats might you see on the Nile?
  Rafts made from papyrus reed, flat-bottomed punts, big, heavy cargo ...

• Why was the River Nile so important?
  Because Egypt got hardly any rain. But every year the Nile flooded ...

• Why did Egyptian people carry carved stone scarabs?
  Scarabs (dung beetles) collected animal dung and rolled it into ...

• Where are the pyramids?
  In Egypt, in North Africa. They stand on the west bank of the River ...

• What are the pyramids made of?
  Of hard, smooth limestone. Top quality stone was used for the outer ...

• How old are the pyramids?
  The first true pyramid was built around 2575 BC. Before then, people ...