A concise study of the Terra Cotta army of China's first Emperor, Qin Shi Huangdi, who died in 210 B.C., and the extensive excavation of the region surrounding Qin's burial mound that began in the mid-1970s.
Offers a brief introduction to the the 1922 discovery of King Tut's tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, describing how archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the tomb and spent the next ten years excavating the priceless artifacts that had been buried with the pharaoh.
Discusses the discovery of the ruins of the ancient Mayan city of Palenque in southern Mexico, looks at what Mexican archaeologist Alberto Ruz Lhuillier learned through his study of the site, and examines some of the mysteries that are yet to be deciphered.
