Stella's mom is an archaeologist. Do you know what that means? Neither did Stella, until she went with her to Crete, on an excavation. And there, Stella had to solve many mysteries. What does a trowel, a brush, a scraper mean to an archaeologist? How easy is it to glue back together a broken Minoan vase? And most importantly of all: what does she want to be when she grows up? A ballerina? A veterinarian? A woodcarver? Or maybe an archaeologist, like her mom? [Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]