Hermes House, 2007. — 256 p. — ISBN: 9780681081468
A remarkable journey around the world's major ancient sites from Stonehenge to the pyramids at Giza, and from Tenochititlan to the Lascaux Cave in France.
Learn how the greatest archaeological discoveries were made and find out about the characters who made them, with over 500 images.
- A wide-ranging survey of some of the most important ancient sites of the world, spanning every period from early humans to recent times;
- Includes information on the latest findings and breakthroughs in archaeology and provides a fascinating insight into the history and cultures of ancient civilizations around the world;
- A globe-trotting journey round the world's major sites from Skara Brae on Orkney to Lake Mungo in Australia, and from Persepolis in Iran to the Blombos Cave in South Africa;
- Authoritative but highly accessible text, written by a team of leading international specialists and fully illustrated with over 500 color photographs, including specially commissioned maps to help pinpoint the sites covered in the book.
Archaeologists.Founders of Archaeology.Giovanni Belzoni.
J. F. Champollion.
Sir Arthur Evans.
Henry Layard.
Auguste Mariette.
Jacques De Morgan.
Edouard Piette.
Augustus Pitt Rivers.
Henry Rawlinson.
Sanz de Sautuola.
Heinrich Schliemann.
Ephraim George Squier.
Thomsen and Worsaae.
Max Uhle.
Pioneers of Archaeology.Hiram Bingham.
Henri Breuil.
Howard Carter.
G. Caton-Thompson.
Li Chi.
Dorothy Garrod.
William Grimes.
David Hogarth.
Alfred Kidder.
Winifred Lamb.
Sir Max Mallowan.
Sir John Marshall.
Pierre Montet.
Andre Parrot.
Sir Flinders Petrie.
Julio C. Tello.
Alan Bayard Wace.
Sir Mortimer Wheeler.
Sir Leonard Woolley.
Modern Archaeologists.Manolis Andronikos.
Ignacio Bernal.
Alfonso Caso.
Rhys Jones.
Kathleen Kenyon.
Andre Leroi-Gourhan.
The Leakey Family.
Spyridon Marinates.
Harald Pager.
Tatiana Proskouriakoff.
Maria Reiche.
John Howland Rowe.
Sir J. Eric Thompson.
Michael Ventris.
Archaeological Sites.The Great Sites of Africa.Sterkfontein, Swartkrans and Kromdraai.
Blombos Cave.
Saharan rock art.
Giza.
Saqqara.
Abydos.
Karnak.
The Valley of the Kings.
Amarna.
Abu Simbel.
Egypt’s fortress.
Meroe.
The Zimbabwe tradition.
Ife and Benin.
Lalibela.
The Great Sites of the Middle East.Mount Carmel.
Uruk.
Ugarit.
Susa.
Ebla.
Kalhu.
Babylon.
Persepolis.
Petra.
The Great Sites of the Mediterranean.Gobekli Tepe.
Knossos.
Mycenae.
Ulu Burun.
Olympia.
Cyrene.
Delphi.
The Athenian Agora.
Tarquinia.
Pergamon.
Carthage.
The Domus Aurea.
Ostia.
Pompeii.
Masada.
The Great Sites of Europe.Mezhirich.
Lascaux.
Stonehenge.
The Iceman.
Carnac.
Newgrange.
Skara Brae.
The Heuneburg.
Biskupin.
Sutton Hoo.
The Great Sites of the Far East.Peking Man.
Mehrgarh.
Harappa.
Pazyryk.
Pataliputra.
Taxila.
Mount Li.
Nara.
Angkor.
The Great Sites of Oceania.Lake Mungo.
The rock art of Dampier.
Nan Madol.
The Capita culture.
Easter Island.
Shag River Mouth.
HMS Pandora.
The Graet Sites of the Americas.Cholula.
Tikal.
Teotihuacan.
The Moche.
Chichen Itza.
Chaco Canyon.
Mesa Verde.
L’Anse aux Meadows.
Cahokia.
Great Serpent Mound.
Chan Chan.
Tenochtitlan.
Little Bighorn.