antiquities

Describes wooden ships or caravels of the fifteenth century and follows archaeologists as they uncover a lost caravel in the Caribbean Sea.

Details the clothing, eating habits, political structure, culture, and other aspects of daily life in ancient Greece.

The customs and daily lives of the people of ancient Greece are revealed in see-through cutaways of a typical Greek house, a theater, the public marketplace of Athens, and a Greek warship.

Tells the story of the "H. L. Hunley," the Confederate submarine that in 1864 became the first to ever sink an enemy ship but lay missing on the ocean floor for more than a century, describing its creation, its discovery, skeletons and objects found onboard, and facial reconstructions of several crew members by forensic anthropologists.

An illustrated survey of the construction and history of the Parthenon in ancient Greece.

Text and illustrations depict the construction and uses of the pyramids in ancient Egypt. Also explores how people lived and worked in that time.

Maps, charts, illustrations, and text explore the history and culture of ancient Egypt.

Describes, through photographs and text, the excavation and study of the frozen remains of a prehistoric man found in the Alps between Austria and Italy in September 1991.

Describes the discovery of prehistoric bog bodies in northern Europe and the evidence which their remains reveal about themselves and the civilizations in which they lived.

Recreates the sea battle that sank the German battleship Bismarck in World War II and recounts how the shipwreck was discovered in 1989.