excavations (archeology)

Explores the history and culture of ancient Iraq; and examines major archaeological sites, including Babylon, the royal tombs at Ur, Barda-Balka, and Nimruh, and artifacts.

Describes the discovery and excavation of the ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii, buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D., and what has been learned about life there.

Explanatory text and photographs describe the historic city of Troy through archaeological discoveries made by Heinrich Schliemann and others.

Provides information about some of the world's most significant archaeological sites around the world; features illustrations and interpretations of artifacts found at each location; and includes maps that pinpoint over 1,200 additional sites, as well as discussions of the science and techniques of archaeology.

British reporter Rob Luttrell teams up with biological anthropologist Christine Meyer to investigate when an archaeologist who discovered a site in Turkish Kurdistan that may be the Garden of Eden is found impaled on a pole shortly after being cursed by locals upset with the dig.

Photographs and text profile the monuments and treasures of Egypt.

Photographs and illustrations describe what archaeologists do, how they find clues to the past, and what it takes to become an archaeologist.

Presents the story of the discovery of the lost city of Pompeii buried in an eruption by Mount Vesuvius. Describes the excavation in the 1730s led by Rocque Joachin Alcubierre and Karl Jacob Weber. Discusses subsequent excavations that turned the ancient city into a tourist attraction by the early nineteenth century.

Discusses the tools and techniques of archaeologists to uncover artifacts and evidence from Pompeii and Herculaneum, ancient Roman cities that were destroyed in a volcanic eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D.