• How was a pyramid built?
  By manpower! Thousands of laborers worked in the hot sun to clear the ...

• What were Egyptian houses like?
  Small and simple, with flat roofs that served as extra rooms and ...

• When did people start to read and write?
  About 6,000 years ago. The Sumerians (who lived in present-day Iraq) ...

• What did the first Americans carry with them?
  Everything they needed to survive-spears and nets for hunting; seeds, ...

• How do we know about apes who lived millions of years ago?
  From fossil remains. Fossils are made when chemicals in the soil soak ...

• Where were the first farms?
  In the Middle East. About 11,000 years ago, people there noticed that ...

• Who were the Neanderthals?
  A type of human who lived in Europe and Asia from around 200,000 to ...

• Did people live in caves?
  Yes, but not all the time. Nomad hunters built temporary shelters in ...

• What were the first houses like?
  Small, single-story, and made of sun-dried mud. They were built in ...

• When did people start to live in towns?
  Jericho in Jordan (built around 10,000 years ago) and Çatal Hüyük in ...