Mae's Real Stories

In ancient Greece about 2,500 years ago, people made pottery and small figurines out of clay. They made pots for drinking, cooking, and storing food, and they made figurines of people, of pet animals, and of wild animals. Most of these figurines seem to have been used to decorate houses or for religious ceremonies.

Archaeologists dig in the ground, and find these old clay figurines. They try to understand how the ancient Greek people made them, and what they did with them.

A few of these ancient figurines had arms that moved. The archaeologists think that the jointed arms mean the figurines were dolls, and the jointed arms meant a child could move them and dress them.

One picture here shows two animals, one shows two dolls, and one shows a whole lot of figures including the dolls.