The Archeologist's Discoveries: With Spectacular Treasures to Touch - Hardcover
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Award-winning author and archeologist Raksha Dave invites young readers to discover how every ancient treasure tells a story in this interactive title featuring an embossed treasure to touch on every page
Open this scrapbook to discover how precious ancient treasures are--not for their gold but for the stories they reveal about the past. With prized artifacts from key ancient civilizations to uncover and "real" embossed treasures to touch on every spread, this interactive book is a keepsake for the whole family to cherish. Featuring incredible treasures unearthed from across history and around the world, including:
-Ötzi's copper axe (from prehistoric Europe)
-Tutankhamun's sandals (from Ancient Egypt)
-The Antikythera mechanism (from Ancient Greece)
-The golden belt-buckle of Sutton Hoo (from Anglo-Saxon England)
-The Pueblo Bonito jewelry (from ancient North America)
-And many more!
This new addition to the Hands on History series has "real" embossed treasures to touch and discover throughout, expertly written by archeologist Raksha Dave.
Also available: The Fossil Keeper 's Treasure
British Asian broadcaster Raksha Dave has been presenting history and archeology documentaries to international audiences for over 20 years. Her credits include Time Team, Digging for Britain, Digging up Britain's Past, and The Great Plague, to name just a few. In 2023 her debut book Lessons from Our Ancestors was published and later won the 2024 British Book Award 's Discover Book of the Year. She has recently been appointed as president of the Council for British Archeology. French Uruguayan Nat Cardozo graduated as higher technician in plastic arts and design in illustration at the Escola J. Serra i Abella in Barcelona in 2009. She has participated in exhibitions in Uruguay, Mexico, Spain, and Argentina, and has worked with several publishers in picture books and all kinds of publications, some of them of her own authorship. Inspired by nature and world cultures, she enjoys exploring various traditional techniques such as acrylics, colored pencils, ink, and watercolor, usually combining them with each other. Pyrography and embroidery are also included among her favorite techniques.
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