excavations (archaeology)

Describes the artifacts of ancient Italy's cultures and discusses the history of these objects, art works, and pieces of architecture.

Describes the artifacts of ancient Greece's cultures and discusses the history of these objects, art works, and pieces of architecture.

Discusses the discovery of the 500-year-old frozen body of a young girl on a mountain top in the Andes and how this discovery has increased our knowledge of the ancient South American civilization of the Incas.

Describes the historical circumstances that led to the building of tombs for ancient royalty, such as Tutankhamun of Egypt, King Phillip II of Macedonia, and Prince Liu Sheng of China, and the archaeological discoveries that found evidence of these tombs.

"Describes the historical circumstances that led to cities such as Pompeii and Machu Picchu being lost and the archaeological discoveries that found evidence of these cities"--Provided by publisher.

Describes the discovery and study of the African burial site found in Manhattan in 1991, while excavating for a new building, and what it reveals about the lives of African-American people in Colonial times.

Follows a group of eighth-graders from Hannibal, Missouri as they attempt to help archaeologists at Crow Canyon Archaeological Center in Colorado solve the mystery of why the Puebloan people who had lived in the area for over a thousand years suddenly left around A.D. 1300.

A biographical portrait of archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann, describing how his youthful determination to live a romantic and heroic life came true when he discovered the lost city of Troy.