Provides a study of the science and technology of digging up the past, from the 1870 excavation of Troy to the recent discovery of a Chinese emperor's long-lost grave.

An introduction to the theories and methods of archaeology. Includes such topics as underwater archaeology, the origins of farming, radiocarbon dating, and recent archaeological finds.

Sophie the archaeologist leads a dig in a farmer's cornfield where some prehistoric spear points were uncovered with a plow.

Biography of Richard Wetherill, a nineteenth-century explorer of prehistoric Anaszai sites, who was killed by Navajo in 1910.

"What's it like to be the first to enter an Egyptian burial chamber that's been sealed for thousands of years? What horrifying secret was found among the prehistoric ruins of the American Southwest? Who really was the infamous the Monster of Florence? Douglas Preston's journalistic explorations have taken him from the haunted country of Italy to the jungles of Honduras. He was granted exclusive journalistic access to the largest tomb in Egypt's Valley...

Examines the excavation of sunken American Navy warships from the Revolutionary War to World War II and discusses what they tell us about life on board these vessels.