From well - know treasures like those of Tutankhamun, to less familiar finds like the mummies of the Silk Road and the "frozen chief" from Pazyryk, Archeology: Unearthing the Mysteries of the Past presents a lavishly illustrated survey of the most remarkable archaeological finds in the world, and sets them in their context. These may be places like Great Zimbabwe or Machu Picchu, with throw a new light on a civilization, or objects, such as the finds from the Sutton Hoo ship burial in England, which to the same. There are discoveries made when archaeology was just becoming a science , like those of Schliemann at Troy, and those which have been made more recently, such as the finding of the Iceman and the latest discoveries from Pompeii and Herculaneum.

Europe -- The Mediterranean World -- The Near and Middle East -- Africa -- Asia and the Pacific -- The Americas.