Kids who think history is dull will change their minds in a hurry when they open this acanat-put-it-downa book. Itas filled with strange and fascinating facts about the ancient world, and packed with illustrations and photosamostly in colorathat show attention-grabbing artifacts from many cultures of the distant past. Some of the many subjects described and discussed includea LI Both the ordinary and the very unusual foods Romans had for dinneraand breakfast and lunch, too LI A board game played in Mesopotamia some 5,000 years ago LI The reason why the Aztecs thought human sacrifices were necessary LI Which ancient people considered boiled ostrich a favorite food LI Schools, subjects taught, and methods of education in ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, pre-Columbian America, and other places in the distant past Here too are facts about marriage and divorce in ancient cultures, the different kinds of clothes the ancients wore and how they fastened them in a time before zippers and Velcro, the magical ways in which ancient Egyptians interpreted dreams, the plants that were used as medicines in ancient civilizations, and much, much more. Here in a single volume is a collection of the most amazing, surprising, funny, unusualaand sometimes gruesome things that contributed to the daily lives of ancient people around the world. Hundreds of photos and illustrations.