Secrets of History Revealed: Incredible Stories of How We Rediscovered Our Past

Through adventure and luck, we have unearthed many objects and places that reveal the story of our past, and this treasury for children is filled with some of the most fascinating.

On an autumn day in 1940, four boys explored a tunnel that their dog had gone into. They had no idea that they had entered the Lascaux Caves, a network of chambers covered in cave art from 17,000 years ago.

This is just one of countless tales of discovery that have given us glimpses of ancient history. In this stun...