LOST CITIES, ANCIENT TOMBS: 100 Discoveries

Blending high adventure with history, this chronicle of 100 astonishing discoveries from the Dead Sea Scrolls to the fabulous "Lost City of the Monkey God" tells incredible stories of how explorers and archaeologists have uncovered the clues that illuminate our past. Archaeology is the key that unlocks our deepest history. Ruined cities, golden treasures, cryptic inscriptions, and ornate tombs have been found across the world, and yet these artifacts of ages past often raise more questions than answers. But with the emergence of archaeology as a scientific discipline in the 19th century, everything changed. Illustrated with dazzling photographs, this enlightening narrative tells the story of human civilization through 100 key expeditions, spanning six continents and more than three million years of history. Each account relies on firsthand reports from explorers, antiquarians, and scientists as they crack secret codes, evade looters and political suppression, fall in love, commit a litany of blunders, and uncover ancient curses. Pivotal discoveries include: King Tut's tomb of treasure, Terracotta warriors escorting China's first emperor into the afterlife, the glorious Anglo-Saxon treasure of Sutton-Hoo, Graves of the Scythians, the real Amazon warrior women, new findings on the grim fate of the colonists of Jamestown, Maya, Inca, Titanic, each piece is short in length and great to dip into with fact boxes alongside. An expertly curated and breathtaking panorama of the human journey. A National Geographic publication, colour illus, 512 pages.