bronze age

"Hylas and Pirra travel to the House of the Goddess in hopes of finding the prophesized dagger, only to find themselves battling the Crows in a fight to save Pirra's homeland from destruction"--Provided by publisher.

While looking for food along the island shore, a prehistoric Irish boy finds a shipwrecked stranger whose bronze implements help save the boy's village from starvation.

In the turbulent world of the Mediterranean Bronze Age, Hylas, a lowly twelve-year-old goatherd, thief, and outsider, journeys from the Greek mountains to Crete and Egypt, making allies with animals, battling tyranny, and withstanding the elemental powers of the gods of land and sea.

Discusses the archaeological excavations of ancient Crete and what they have revealed about life there between 3000 B.C. and 1100 B.C.

Examines what is known about the Celts who dominated Europe for 500 years before the Romans.