Lost in the Cradle of Gold is a lively simulated activity where the individuals and team members working alone and as a group must make the right decisions that will determine if they can survive a brutal sandstorm in the “Empty Quarter” in the middle of the Arabian Desert and then go on to locate the fabled mines of King Solomon. As they work their way through the exercise participants, make decisions as to which items are most important for survival in a forbidding climate—such as gasoline, salt tablets, a knife, a tea bag, wool shirt, plastic bags, charcoal, or a hubcap? First they rank the fifteen items in order of importance individually and then repeat the task as a member of a team. Then they compare their choices with what the group selects and determines whether a group performs better than any one individual alone.

Lost in the Cradle of Gold challenges you and your team to make the right decisions that will determine if you can survive in the “Empty Quarter” in the middle of the Arabian Desert and then go on to locate the fabled mines of King Solomon. With Lost in the Cradle of Gold you determine which items are most important for survival in a forbidding climate—such as gasoline, salt tablets, a knife, a tea bag, wool shirt, plastic bags, charcoal, or a hubcap? First you rank the fifteen items in order of importance individually and then you determine which things are most important as a member of a team. Afterwards compare your choices with what the group selects and determine the group performs better than any one individual alone.

Christopher Heaney takes the reader into the heart of Peru's past to relive the dramatic story of the final years of the Incan empire, the recovery of their final cities and the fight over their future. Drawing on original research in untapped archives, Heaney portrays both a stunning landscape and the complex history of a region that continues to inspire awe and controversy today. --from publisher description