The kids in Ms. Frizzle's class learn lessons about archaeology when they board the Magic School Bus--now a theory-testing laboratory--to try and figure out what the wooden hoop Arnold's archaeologist aunt dug up was used for in the past.
Discusses the history of Masada, from the building of Herod's Temple through its use by Zealots as a refuge from the Romans to its rediscovery in the mid-20th century.
Young museum assistants Corina and Zack are sent to Greece to take pictures when it is reported that the bones of the mythological Minotaur have been found on the island of Crete.