Archaeological field survey -- Archaeological field survey is the methodological process by which archaeologists (often landscape archaeologists) collect information about the location, distribution and organisation of past human ... > full article

Archaeology -- Archaeology or archeology is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains and environmental data, including architecture, artifacts, biofacts, ... > full article

Excavation -- Excavation is the best-known and most commonly used technique within the science of archaeology. Individual excavations are normally referred to simply as "digs" by those who participate, this being ... > full article

Dead Sea scrolls -- The Dead Sea Scrolls comprise roughly 600 documents, including texts from the Hebrew Bible, discovered between 1947 and 1956 in eleven caves in and around the Wadi Qumran (near the ruins of the ... > full article

Tutankhamun -- Nebkheperre Tutankhamun (alternate transcription Tutankhamen), named Tutankhaten early in his life, was Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt (ruled 1334 BC - 1325 BC), during the period of ... > full article

Chichen Itza -- Chichen Itza is a large pre-Columbian archaeological site built by the Maya civilization, located in the northern center of the Yucatán Peninsula, present-day Mexico. From roughly 600 CE in the ... > full article

List of shipwrecks -- This list of shipwrecks is of those sunken ships whose remains have been ... > full article

Mastodon -- Mastodons or Mastodonts are members of an extinct genus Mammut of the order Proboscidea; they resembled, but were distinct from, the woolly mammoth. While mastodons were furry like woolly mammoths, ... > full article

Bronze Age -- The Bronze Age is a period in a civilization's development when the most advanced metalworking consisted of techniques for smelting copper and tin from naturally occurring outcroppings of ore, and ... > full article

Inca Empire -- The Inca Empire was an empire centered in what is now Peru from AD 1438 to AD 1533.The Inca people began as a tribe in the Cuzco area around the 12th century ... > full article

The GOLD OF EXODUS
When a millionaire adventurer goes in search of the true Mount Sinai, he gets more than he bargained for. Spies, missiles, and secret military installations are just some of the obstacles that Larry ... > read more

Rome : An Oxford Archaeological Guide (Oxford Archaeological Guides)
The city of Rome is the largest archeological site in the world. If your idea of a good Roman holiday is uncovering the archeological mysteries of the Roman Empire, then Oxford Archeological Guides: ... > read more

The Goddess and the Bull : Catalhoyuk: An Archaeological Journey to the Dawn of Civilization
Thousands of years before the pyramids were built in Egypt and the Trojan War was fought, a great civilization arose on the Anatolian plains. The Goddess and the Bull details the dramatic quest by ... > read more

Underground! : The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, Astonishing Archaeology and Hidden History
Where did "modern" civilization begin? What lies beneath the waves? Do myths describe interstellar impact? How'd they lift that stone? Was the Ark of the Covenant a mechanical device? Were there ... > read more

Angkor: Celestial Temples of the Khmer
An exquisitely illustrated history and exploration of Angkor, the world's most astonishing architectural treasure. Built between the ninth and the thirteenth centuries by a succession of twelve ... > read more

David and Solomon : In Search of the Bible's Sacred Kings and the Roots of the Western Tradition
The exploding number of discoveries of biblical archaeology -- artifacts and texts found at hundreds of sites populated in the ancient Near East -- have shed powerful beams of light on the characters ... > read more

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt : 3 Volume Set
Featuring 600 original articles written by leading scholars, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt goes far beyond the records of archaeology to make available what we know about the full social, ... > read more

Gemstones of the World, Revised Edition
With a million copies in print, here comes an even larger, more up-to-date version of the most complete reference book ever published on the subject. All the gemstones ever discovered are treated in ... > read more

Marine Fishes: 500+ Essential-To-Know Aquarium Species (The Pocketexpert Guide Series for Aquarists and Underwater Naturalists, 1)
---Comprehensive: 500+ species photographs, covering all popular and commonly available aquarium species ---Authoritative: expert advice on feeding and captive care ---Informative: aquarium ... > read more

The Oracle : The Lost Secrets and Hidden Messages of Ancient Delphi
A renegade team of scientists discovers the truth behind the Oracle of Delphi's mythical powers of second sight. Of all the stories of life in ancient Greece, few capture the imagination as much as ... > read more