Moania and the Pyramid of the Moon

The story

Moania loves history and dreams of time travel, but she moans about everything. On a stormy hilltop, while she is complaining that the lightning is striking somewhere else, a bolt hits her great-great-great-great-grandfather's ruby amulet and she vanishes in a flash of red.

She lands under a starry sky and meets her ancestor Archeo, who tells her she has gone back in time to the Pyramid of the Moon in Teotihuacan, Mexico, a place of hidden rooms and restless spirits.

The real place: Teotihuacan

Three things to tell your kid after the story.

1. 1Teotihuacan was once one of the biggest cities in the world. Its long main road is called the Avenue of the Dead.
2. 2The Pyramid of the Moon was built in seven stages, each new layer built over the last one, just like Archeo says.
3. 3The Aztecs found the city long after it was empty and gave it its name, which means "the place where the gods were born."

Next stop

EP 87 · Indonesia

Knowitall

Thinks he knows everything.

EP 88 · Bern, Switzerland

Impatienta

Is very impatient.