Caselli, Giovanni

In 1206, a young boy with a talent for drawing is apprenticed to the architect in charge of building the cathedral in the northern French city of Rheims.

Describes the discovery and excavation of Knossos by the archeologist Sir Arthur Evans and what the site revealed about the Minoan civilization that flourished on the island of Crete from about 3000 to 1150 B.C.

Describes the day-to-day life and work of a fifteenth-century printer in Nuremberg, Germany, as seen through the eyes of his twelve-year-old son.

Presents in brief text and illustrations an overview of western history from prehistory to the present day.

Discusses the efforts of Heinrich Schliemann to uncover the ancient city of Troy and what his archeological finds revealed about life in this legendary location.

Describes the discovery and excavation of the ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii, buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D., and what has been learned about life there.

Presents the story of a young auxiliary soldier at a fortress on Hadrian's Wall, depicting life in the Roman Army in the third century A.D.

Examines daily life in the Middle Ages, covering such aspects as chivalry, the great cathedrals, medieval technology, country life, and pilgrimages.

Observes a potter and his family living in Athens in 420 B.C., a time of the Olympics, a great festival to Athena, and the construction of many temples, and describes the potter at work making and decorating pots. Includes illustrations of tools and equipment he and his family might have used in their daily lives.

Presents, in text and illustrations, a range of people whose way of life reveals various aspects of the society developing in Europe and America from the fifteenth through the eighteenth centuries.