excavations (archaeology)

Recent excavations and discoveries shed light on contemporary groups such as the Natzoreans, Essenes, Phasisees, and Zealots.

Examines different well-known archaeological discoveries and profiles some of the archaeologists responsible for them.

Introduces fossils, discusses how they form, and describes how fossil-hunters find the sites.

Photographs, illustrations, and facts describe the entombed city of Pompeii, Italy.

Joining Uncle Jay on another archaeological excavation, twelve-year-old Samantha and her brother Jay travel to the marshes near Cambridge, England, where Samantha makes a crucial discovery that threatens to halt construction on a nearby theme park.

Nine chapters focus on distinct periods of Greek culture, tracing the stylistic development of Greek art, architecture, and artifacts over the course of two millennia.

American geneticist Charlotte Hennesey, cured of cancer by DNA extracted from the bones of Jesus, becomes the target of a host of criminals and assassins, most notably Aaron Cohen, a rabbi whose family has been the guardian of the Ark of the Covenant for many years and who wants Charlotte and her now purified blood to open the Ark.