The Cyclops
The Pyramid of Giza
The Cyclops
The cyclops only had one eye! Try to read a book that includes a cyclops, or another creature with a single eye? For example...
KS2: Cyclops - Leonard Everett Fisher
KS3: Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters - Rick Riordan
KS4: The Penelopiad -Margaret Atwood
KS5: The Odyssey - Homer
Pompeii
The Pyramid of Giza
The Cyclops
A single volcanic eruption preserved a slice of Roman life for thousands of years. There are lots of fiction and non-fiction books about this famous event. For example,,,
KS2: Escape from Pompeii – Christina Balit
KS3: I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79 – Lauren Tarshis
KS4: Pompeii – Robert Harris
KS5: Pompeii: City on Fire – T.L. Higley
The Pantheon
The Pyramid of Giza
The Pyramid of Giza
The Pantheon a temple celebrating all the gods. It also featured a single round hole in the middle of its dome, called the oculus!
KS2: See Inside Ancient Rome - Katie Daynes
KS3: The Roman Pantheon: The History and Legacy of Rome’s Famous Landmark – Charles River Editors
KS4: Angels & Demons - Dan Brown
KS5: Pantheon: Book One of the Fallen Olympians Series - Gary Devore
The Pyramid of Giza
The Pyramid of Giza
The Pyramid of Giza
The Ancient World had Seven Ancient Wonders, but only one survives today!
KS2: The Egypt Game - Zilpha Keatley Snyder
KS3: The Red Pyramid - Rick Riordan
KS4: The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
KS5: The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: The Sunday Times Bestseller - Bettany Hughes
The Oracle of Delphi
The Oracle of Delphi
The Oracle of Delphi
A single priestess of Apollo at Delphi, considered the most important oracle in ancient Greece.
KS2: Oracles of Delphi Keep - Victoria Laurie
KS3: The Roman Mysteries: The Beggar of Volubilis - Caroline Lawrence
KS4: The Delphi Effect - Rysa Walker
KS5: Oracles of Delphi: A Novel of Suspense (An Althaia of Athens Mystery) - Marie Savage
The Minotaur
The Oracle of Delphi
The Oracle of Delphi
A unique creature in ancient Greek mythology, with the head of a bull and the body of a man!
KS2: Theseus and the Minotaur - Hugh Morden Lupton
KS3: Lost in the Labyrinth - Patrice Kindl
KS4: Bull - David Elliott
KS5: Once a Monster - Robert Dinsdale
The Rosetta Stone
The Oracle of Delphi
The Rosetta Stone
This stone tablet was the only object that allowed scholars to decode Egyptian hieroglyphics! How about a book about hieroglyphics?
KS2: Museum Mystery Squad and the Case of the Hidden Hieroglyphics - Mike Nicholson
KS3: Ancient Communication Technology: From Hieroglyphics to Scrolls - Michael Woods
KS4: Nephthys - Rachel Louise Driscoll
KS5
This stone tablet was the only object that allowed scholars to decode Egyptian hieroglyphics! How about a book about hieroglyphics?
KS2: Museum Mystery Squad and the Case of the Hidden Hieroglyphics - Mike Nicholson
KS3: Ancient Communication Technology: From Hieroglyphics to Scrolls - Michael Woods
KS4: Nephthys - Rachel Louise Driscoll
KS5: The Writing of the Gods: The Race to Decode the Rosetta Stone - Edward Dolnick
Aten
The Oracle of Delphi
The Rosetta Stone
While Ancient Egyptian religion was mostly polytheistic, there was a short period where only one god - Aten - was worshipped!
KS2: Egyptian Myths - Jean Menzies
KS3: The Red Pyramid - Rick Riordan
KS4: Nefertiti - Michelle Moran
KS5: Divine Interruption - Katy Metz