Old tomb in Greece – level 1

18-11-2014 15:00

A tomb is found in Greece. It is around 2,400 years old. Alexander the Great lived in those times.

People find a skeleton in the tomb. It is a skeleton of a famous person. We know this because the tomb is nice. Maybe the person was a friend of Alexander the Great!

Experts bring up the tomb. They find pieces of glass and bone. These pieces make the tomb look nice.

Difficult words: tomb (a place for a dead person), skeleton (a person’s bones).

You can read the original story and watch the video in the Level 3 section.

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