Chapter One: A Blast from the Past
Italy
1709
town of Herculaneum (Pompeii was later found nine miles away)
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Bodies from the Ash: Life and Death in Ancient Pompeii
by James Deem
Pompeii (Unearthing Ancient Worlds)
by Liz Sonneborn
Chapter Two: Etched in Stone
Egypt
1799
Rosetta Stone
- Seeker of Knowledge: The Man Who Deciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphs
by James Rumford
You Can Write Hieroglyphs
by James Rumford
Chapter Three: A Giant in the Field
Egypt
1815-1819
tomb of Sety I (among other discoveries)
Chapter Four: In a Pile, Crocodile
Egypt
1899
Tebtunis papyri
Chapter Five: What a Wreck
Greece (Aegean Sea)
1900
Antikythera shipwreck
Chapter Six: Proving a Point
New Mexico, USA
1908
Folsom site
- Bison antiquus
George McJunkin and the Discovery That Changed American Archaeology
Ancient Chesapeake site challenges timeline of humans in the Americas
Chapter Seven: Paleo Painters
France
1940
Lascaux Cave
- Lascaux Cave Virtual Tour
Discovery in the Cave
by Mark Dubowski
The Secret Cave: Discovering Lascaux
by Emily Arnold McCully
Chapter Eight: The Case of the Copper Coins
Australia (Marchinbar Island)
1944
Kilwa sultanate coins
- A similar coin, also thought to be from the Medieval Kilwa sultanate, was found in 2018 on Elcho Island, also in the Wessel Islands group.
Unravelling the mystery of Arnhem Land’s ancient African coins
Chapter Nine: Scroll Up
West Bank
1947
Dead Sea Scrolls
Chapter Ten: Bogged Down
Denmark
1950
Tollund Man
Chapter Eleven: Lucky Break
Thailand
1955
Golden Buddha
Chapter Twelve: Eternally Yours
China
1974
Terracotta Army
Chapter Thirteen: Temple of Gloom
Mexico
1978
Templo Mayor
Chapter Fourteen: Grave Considerations
New York, USA
1989
African Burial Ground
Chapter Fifteen: Dead in a Ditch
Italy
1991
Ötzi
- Ice Mummy: The Discovery of a 5,000-Year-Old Man
by Mark Dubowski and Cathy East Dubowski
Chapter Sixteen: Skeleton Key
England
2012
King Richard III
Chapter Seventeen: The Chamber of Secrets
South Africa
2013
Homo naledi
- Human Evolution Card Set from Clocca Concepts
Chapter Eighteen: You Don't Say
Mongolia
N/A
burial site of Genghis Khan
- Metropolis: Ten Cities, Ten Centuries
by Albert Lorenz
"A Mongol Tent City, 13th Century"
pp.14-15, The Enormous Empire
pp.16-17, A Movable City
pp.18-19, Life in a Mongol City
IN THE NEWS
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Archaeologists Find a Marble Statue in an Ancient Roman Sewer
Bulgaria
The New York Times - July 9, 2024
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