The whole ancient world in sixteen pages, and every scene opens. Lift the flaps to look inside an Egyptian temple, watch the Assyrian army arrive at full attack, walk a Greek city state, visit a Celtic tribe and patrol a Roman frontier town, with fabulously detailed illustrations holding a dozen discoveries under every flap.

This is the See Inside formula at its best: the flap makes a child ask what is under here, and the answer is real history, delivered at exactly the moment of maximum curiosity. Barry Ablett's artwork gives each civilization its own texture and light, and Rob Lloyd Jones writes information that respects a young reader's intelligence. Internet links extend the digging for children who want more.

Sixteen sturdy board pages with embedded flaps, for readers aged six and up. The natural next shelf mate to See Inside Castles, also at Stellar Luxe, when the timeline moves from pharaohs to knights.