Henry Carter Hull

Traces the study of ancient materials culture from its beginnings as a hobby for Renaissance scholars to today's sophisticated modern discipline.

Discusses the various peoples populating Africa's varied terrain. Fossil records show Homo erectus were in East Africa more than a million years ago.

History of Mesopotamia and its kings revealed from information gathered by archaeologists.

Explores mummies from around the world, focusing on mummified children; and provides information about their deaths, the sites where they were found, and what caused their preservation.

Amelia Peabody and her husband's lives are threatened when they embark for the pyramids of ancient Egypt.

Explores the ancient Greek world by examining the treasures, temples and tombs through archeological excavations and restorations.

Archaeologist Amelia Peabody is working with her husband to uncover some of Egypt's ancient tombs, but soon she becomes involved in a modern day mystery that has strange attachments to the past.

Secret agent Jack Stalwart travels to Cambodia to rescue the guardian of the sacred treasures of Angkor Wat from kidnappers.

Describes the archaeological discovery of thousands of life-sized terracotta warrior statues in northern China in 1974, and discusses the emperor who had them created and placed near his tomb.

Tells the story of the "H. L. Hunley," the Confederate submarine that in 1864 became the first to ever sink an enemy ship but lay missing on the ocean floor for more than a century, describing its creation, its discovery, skeletons and objects found onboard, and facial reconstructions of several crew members by forensic anthropologists.