Ancient Greek Myths

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Archaeologists are people who search and discover remains of ancient civilizations. Some archeologists have found things like toys, clay pots, old grain, old scrolls, inscriptions in clay, and even cave drawings. Ancient kings and queens have have dropped many different things like old broken dishes, rags, and even spoiled food.

Many historians have found scrolls, drawings, and clay inscriptions. Some historians have found cave drawings and Self portraits. With those cave drawings and portraits historians know what some of the people looked like if they had weird facial features sometimes even how tall they were. One historian found out that the walls of Jericho came tumbling down because of fire not sound.

One village lived by a river in

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