excavations (archaeology)

Explains how archeologists work together to try and find ancient civilizations and lost cities around the world.

Looks at what has been learned about ancient Egypt through the study of archaeological sites and historical records, discussing the tomb of King Tut, the decoding of hieroglyphics, pyramid builders, and other topics.

Introduces the discipline of underwater archaeology and the techniques used to find and study submerged ships.

Photographs and text provide an introduction to archaeology, describing the process of uncovering historical artifacts and treasures and what researchers can learn from them.

Presents information about significant archaeological sites around the world and features computer-aided reconstructions of what the ancient cities, tombs, objects, buildings, and settlements may have looked like in their own time.

Describes the discovery of King Tutankhamen's tomb and the treasures found inside.

A survey of the ancient Greek civilization and the part archeology has played in its rediscovery.

Archaeologists examine a humanlike skeleton excavated from a cave on Flores Island in Indonesia that turned out to be an adult woman of extremely small stature,and studies evidence to the discovery of a race of small humans 12,000 years ago.

Presents an introduction to the Viking age, and follows the history of archaeological discovery and what has been learned about the people, arts, politics, military, religion, travel, and other aspects of the culture.

An account of the final hours and rescue after more than a century of the Confederacy submarine the H.L. Hunley which disappeared off the coast of South Carolina on February 17, 1864, after an encounter with an Union battleship.