Explains how modern scientific techniques are used to piece together the stories behind human remains and how the information is used to create a picture of the cultures and ritual beliefs of a range of ancient societies.
Highlights major archaeological discoveries, and examines how human remains and modern techniques can uncover information about the past including the lives, cultures, and beliefs of ancient civilizations. Features dozens of color photographs.
Surveys prehistoric art throughout the world, including body art, art on rocks and walls, and objects; changes in scholarship; and what the art can reveal about early sexual, social, economic, and religious life.
From rock art to tatooed ice maidens, from mammoth bone houses to Assyrian palaces, from fossil hominids to writing systems, from caves to shipwrecks: here are 100 of the world's greatest archaeological discoveries.
