The Treasures of Time; Firsthand Accounts by Famous Archaeologists of their Work in the Near East

Belzoni exploring The Valley of the Kings. Budge and the Tell el-Amarna Tablets. Petrie and his "missing link" of the pyramids. Carter and his discovery of the Tomb of Tuthankhamun. Layard and the huge mounds of Assyria. Rawlinson climbing after cuneiform. Smith to Ninevah. Woolley and the graves of the Kings of Ur. Schaeffer and the oldest alphabet. Glueck and King Solomon's Pittsburh. Burrows and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Schliemann unearthing Troy. Winckler and the capital city of the Hittites. Evans and the Palaceof Minos. Ventris, desciphering Europe's Oldest Script. AND MUCH MORE!