civilization, ancient

Visits 41 places around the world that are mysterious, including forgotten cities, temples, and monuments.

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

A history of the world's early civilizations, from the Sumerians and Egyptians to those of China and India, describing the customs and accomplishments of each.

Explores twelve buried and rediscovered cities, with accounts of site discovery and investigation of the meaning of recovered objects.

Discusses the leaders of the first great civilizations and everyday people and how they lived their lives.

Text, maps, diagrams, and pictures describe the ancient civilizations of the world.

Surveys the evolution of civilization beginning with the settlement of the first cities by the Sumerians through the rise to power of the Greeks and Romans.

Describes the buildings, layout, and everyday living conditions of seven ancient cities located in present-day India, Egypt, Iraq, Turkey, China, Italy, and Mexico.

Investigates ten important sites around the shores of the Mediterranean, covering a time span from 3600 BC to AD 1853.

Examines ten important sites and the people who built them, in such places as Turkey, England, and Mexico, covering a time span from 7200 BC to AD 1570.