This is a new series of historical adventures designed for boys and girls from the age of 8 and up. Each book is set in a different era and contains an expertly constructed mystery and a vast array of documentation, according to the indications of historical experts and archaeologists. Accompanied by Jeanne the archaeologist, readers will become real detectives and, together with the protagonists of each story, they will find out and reveal fascinating mysteries and secrets. Exciting stories, enriched with fun activities and exercises, to bring children closer to the fascinating world of history and archaeology.

STRUCTURE OF THE VOLUMES

Each book provides the readers with the story and the mini glossary sections along the text that explain difficult words. After the story, the final archaeological section is structured in the form of a police investigation, with photos and information on the site where the story is set, including maps and drawings of the archaeological finds, and a set of activities and questions help children to check their understanding of the story!

Thus, each book includes:

The story and the mini glossary

Fun facts and insights

Workshops and practical activities

Fun review games

Like real detectives

The book presents an archaeological section, structured in the form of a police investigation, with photos and information on the site where the story is set, including maps and drawings of the archaeological finds.

The archaeological section

THE VOLUMES IN THE SERIES

Aisa and the prehistoric mystery

Starting from the Chauvet cave, an archaeological site that actually exists in south-eastern France, children aged 9 up will take a 30,000-year leap into the past to meet Aisa and her friends, who are committed to appeasing a restless spirit that wanders among the depths of enormous unexplored caves.

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Leaf through some selected pages from the book that have been translated into English to facilitate your evaluation:

Kres and the legend of the Minotaur

In the Palace of Knossos, on the island of Crete, the archaeologist Jeanne will take children aged 9 and up on a journey to learn the stories of Kres and the two brothers Laertes and Kessandra. 

Will they be able to defeat the minotaur in order to reveal what lies behind the myth?

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Leaf through some selected pages from the book that have been translated into English to facilitate your evaluation:

Meritre and the specter of the Valley of the Kings

In this volume, the protagonist Meritre finds herself involved in a thrilling ghost hunt together with the sympathetic Mesu, the swaggering Nebra and the courageous Nefertari. Who is wandering among the tombs of the village necropolis? 

Archaeologist Jeanne will accompany children aged 9 on a journey to discover the Valley of the Kings, where the ancient pharaohs are buried.

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Leaf through some selected pages from the book that have been translated into English to facilitate your evaluation:

THE AUTHOR

Giorgia Cappelletti As a child she thought that archeology was a dusty profession. When she grew up, she discovered that not only is it dusty, but it is also muddy, sandy and stony ... And it is also a lot of fun. As an archaeologist, she has traveled to distant countries, she has learned to roll up a turban on her head and get henna tattoos, she has slept under the stars and in ruined buildings, and has been amazed by a clutch of turtles just hatched from their eggs. She has seen the sea that sparkles at night and the air that trembles in the desert. Eventually, she decided that adventures are worth nothing unless they are told. Today she is a storyteller.