Discusses the fifty greatest archeological discoveries from around the world, and their impact on human history. Contents include Amarna—Tanis—Meroe and Aksum—Sabratha—Jenne-Jeno—Kilwa—Great Zimbabwe—uMgungundlovu—Alexandria—Akrotiri on Thera—Gournia—Ekomi—Delos—Biskupin—Entremont—Pompeii and Herculaneum—Novgorod—Warka/Uruk—Ur—Troy—Mohenjo-Daro—the city of Armageddon—Babylon—Ugarit—Bogazköy—Nimrud—Nineveh—Persepolis—Pergamon—Dura-Europos—Kremna—Sagalossos—Palmyra—Samarra—Fatehpur the city of victory—Anyang and the Late Shang state—Fujiwara—the city built by angels—Japan's gateway to the north—Port Essington—ancient city of the American heartland—Cities of the North American deserts—Teotithuacan—Tikal—Copán—Tiwanaku—El Tajín -Chan Chan, Machu Picchu.Teonoititlán,
