hidden worlds by James Bow Crabtree Publishing Company www crabtreebooks com
Introduction on On September 12 1940 a French boy named Marcel led some friends into a cave near their village to look for lost treasure But when the light of their lamps hit a particular wall they found something greater than any treasure colorful paintings of deer horses and oxen The boys told their teacher He called in an expert who found that the paintings were 17,000 years old Mystery words outcrops rock formations that stick out of the ground 4
Hidden Worlds The story of the Lascaux Caves is an example of rediscovering something hidden This book will show you other hidden places all around us There are tunnels that allowed soldiers to sneak past the enemy and abandoned towns that were once full of people Perhaps places became hidden because they were abandoned and forgotten Perhaps they were deliberately hidden Or perhaps they were hidden because even though they were visible they were almost impossible to reach Such hidden worlds can give us a better understanding of the visible world around us Monasteries in Metéora Greece were built high on rocky outcrops 5
