Explore vending machines and flushing toilets in Ancient Greece. Discover the amazing and amusing marvels this fascinating ancient civilization has given us from democracy to geometry.
Explore vending machines and flushing toilets in Ancient Greece. Discover the amazing and amusing marvels this fascinating ancient civilization has given us from democracy to geometry.
Learn all about Pharaohs and daily life (and death) in Ancient Egypt. Discover 3,000 years of an ancient civilization through amazing and amusing facts about daily life, afterlife, and how the rulers kept it all under control.
The grossest, weirdest, and most violent things about life in ancient Rome are chronicled in this volume. There were things about Roman life that no modern person would want to experience. Communal toilets and gladiator deaths rank among these. Readers learn about the brutal and crazed emperors of Rome as well as the infamous volcanic eruption that destroyed Pompeii. Vibrant cartoon illustrations put these historical facts in an accessible, humorous, and humanizing light.
Explore vending machines and flushing toilets in Ancient Greece. Discover the amazing and amusing marvels this fascinating ancient civilization has given us from democracy to geometry.
Learn all about Pharaohs and daily life (and death) in Ancient Egypt. Discover 3,000 years of an ancient civilization through amazing and amusing facts about daily life, afterlife, and how the rulers kept it all under control.
Top Ten Worst Things About Ancient Rome reveals the grim truth behind the greatest empire of all time - from the evil emperor who made murder a sport to the gruesome and gory gladiator fights which kept the blood-thirsty Romans entertained. Find out what destroyed the bustling town of Pompeii, what life was like as a Roman slave and many, many more terrible things about life in ancient Rome.
The American West was once an unexplored frontier and the home of thousands of American Natives. Explore the Old West—from fool's gold to buckaroos—with amazing facts about Cowboys and Indians and the horses they rode.
From castles and knights to the danger of bathroom breaks in the Middle Ages, readers discover amazing and amusing facts about cleaning up–or not–during the Middle Ages.