Product Description: 'Lost Cities' examines the search for lost cities and the important artifacts within them that can offer us an extraordinary window on to the past. Part of the Treasure Hunters series, 'Lost Cities' offers a crosscurricular mix of science & technology and history & civilizations, with a fun, dramatic approach...read more

Product Description: Tomb Explorers' examines the hunt for and discovery of ancient tombs, and the valuable treasures they hold, whether that be gold and jewels, or important artifacts that offer us a window on to the past. Part of the Treasure Hunters series, 'Tomb Explorers' offers a crosscurricular mix of science & technology and history & civilizations, with a fun, dramatic approach...read more

Discusses how the stone carvings on ancient monuments provide archaeological information about ancient social practices and culture.

Offers an in-depth look at five excavations, as archaeologtists attempt to piece together clues found at the sites including a Jamestown fort, slave quarters at Jefferson's Monticello, and the Battle of Little Bighorn. (view table of contents)

Profiles archaeolgists who have made significant contributions to dinsosaur research, and describes their work. (view table of contents)

Discusses some of the discoveries made by archeologists around the world, including mummies found in Denmark and the sophisticated ancient city of Mohenjo-daro in Pakistan

Discusses the rediscoveries of Bonampak, Troy, Machu Picchu, the cities of the Indus Valley, and Pompeii and Herculaneum, and describes what has been learned about the way people lived in early times from the excavations of these cities

Each chapter discusses a major archaeological find, such as King Tut's tomb, the walls of Troy, and the city of Jericho, and profiles the key individuals involved

Part of a series which focuses on the history of great discoveries. This book tells the story of some of the most spectacular discoveries in archaeological history, including finding the tomb of Tutankhamen and the 'Jewels of Helen'.

Examines certain lost cities, describing how they were destroyed or abandoned and how they were rediscovered.