Using the latest technology, examines one of the world's oldest intact shipwrecks in the Baltic Sea to gain a better understanding of seventeenth-century trading.

Describes how global warming is causing the ice in Earth's cryosphere to melt, resulting in unexpected discoveries of archaeological artifacts that provide insights into how ancient civilizations lived.

"A sweeping history of Jerusalem and the pivotal role that archaeology has played--both in its invention as a modern holy city and as the match that lit a geopolitical fire beneath it In 1863, a French politician and adventurer heard a rumor of biblical treasures beneath Jerusalem. At the time, Jerusalem was a venerable backwater, not the thriving religious center we think of today. Archaeology itself was in its infancy--more a pastime for treasure-hunting...

Among significant Neolithic (New Stone Age) sites, explore Gobekli Tepe in Turkey, whose imposing stone rings are the oldest known examples of monumental architecture in the early Near East. Continue to Jericho, with its extraordinary tombs and famous tower, and Turkey's Catalhoyuk, noted for its mysterious houses built without doors or windows.

In the silent caves beneath France, young archaeologist Julia Kerrigan unearths an ancient skull-with a hole bored through the forehead. After she reveals her discovery, her mentor is brutally murdered. Deep in the jungles of Southeast Asia, photographer Jake Thurby is offered a mysterious assignment by a beautiful Cambodian lawyer who is investigating finds at the two-thousand-year-old Plain of Jars-finds that shadowy forces want kept secret.

An encyclopedia of facts about preserved people from around the world, including Egyptian mummies, bog bodies, Einstein's brain, and the Ice Man.

Learn about the discoveries that are bringing Egypt's history to light today.