Category: History
Who were The Romans?
The Romans. Great soldiers. Gladiators. There is a legend about the first men that built the city Rome. Two little boys named Romulus and Remus, were found in the bushes near a river bank. A mother wolf was passing through and heard their sobs. When the boys saw the wolf, instead of getting scared they […]
Paintings on The Wall – Murals
George was super excited. This summer break he was going to Mexico. He had studied about the special kind of paintings that were done on the walls in his fifth grade. He remembered that the class was surprised when the history teacher spoke about the paintings that did not need a canvas. A wall, ceiling […]
A Special Horse
Thirteen year old prince Alexander fell in love with the beautiful black stallion the first time he saw it. It had shiny black coat with a large white star on his brow. The name of the black beauty was Bucephalus. The name meaning “ox-head” was given to him because his head was as broad as that of a […]
Ancient Civilisation – Maya
A long time ago, around 2000 BC, some people came and settled in the rain forests of the Yucatan Peninsula of Central America. These people were known as the Mayas. The Maya people ruled for around 1500 years and then they abandoned the peninsula and disappeared. No body knows much about how they came into being […]
The Salt March of Gandhi
Mohan turned 6 years old today and this day was 12th March, 1930. He was very happy as he had heard it was going to be a special day. A great leader was declaring war against the tyrannical rule of the British. A leader with whom he shared his first name. Mohan lived in the Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad. His Ashram […]
Machu Picchu
High in Andes in Peru, South America, lies one of the new seven wonders of the world. This place is called Machu Picchu. Was it a city in the past? Or was it a fortress? No one knows for sure. The site located on a mountain ridge has ancient ruins from 15th century. It still remains […]
Mummies – Ghosts Of The Past
Are mummies really ghosts of the past? Well, not at all. The pictures of mummies might look a little scary, and many movies project them as haunted, but there is nothing to be afraid of them. In fact, mummies are really helpful to us. Mummies are bodies of an animal or human preserved for many years. They […]
Inca – The Ancient Civilization
Inca was an ancient civilization that ruled a part of South America in the 1400’s, almost 600 years ago. Incans called themselves the “Children of the Sun”. Inca were fierce warriors. They ruled Peru and large parts of modern Ecuador, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile, and Colombia when their civilization was the strongest. Incans lived in the mountain peaks of Andes […]
What is Liberty?
What does liberty mean? Why do people care about it so much? Is it really that important? To answer all these questions we have to understand that all men are created equal and born free. Liberty means that we decide many things about our lives. In other words, people have freedom to rule themselves. That means people […]
Who Invented School?
What!! Were schools also invented? Is that true? My parents went to school, their parents went to school, and their parents went to school too. Doesn’t that mean schools have been around since forever? Let us find out. The idea of passing knowledge in one way or the other has always been around with or […]
Did Plants Always Have Flowers?
Flowers are beautiful, and they are everywhere. Can you imagine living without the colorful world of flowers? Nah! However, there were times 130 million years ago when the only plants we had were ferns and conifers-cone bearing trees, which had thrived for 200 million years before the first flower blossomed. Let us put on our archaeology caps and […]
The Burning Rocks
Are we talking about high mountains spewing hot lava? No. Those are volcanoes. We are talking about the rocks that are used as fuel that can be used to cook food or to run engines or to build roads. These are rocks that burn. Have you ever heard of them? Long ago, some black stones […]
