Archaeology: An Introduction to the World’s Greatest Sites

Professor Biography
Table of Contents
Scope
Lecture 1—The Origins of Modern Archaeology
Lecture 2—Excavating Pompeii and Herculaneum
Lecture 3—Schliemann and His Successors at Troy
Lecture 4—Early Archaeology in Mesopotamia
Lecture 5—How Do Archaeologists Know Where to Dig?
Lecture 6—Prehistoric Archaeology
Lecture 7—Göbekli Tepe, Çatalhöyük, and Jericho
Lecture 8—Pyramids, Mummies, and Hieroglyphics
Lecture 9—King Tut’s Tomb
Lecture 10—How Do You Excavate at a Site?
Lecture 11—Discovering Mycenae and Knossos
Lecture 12—Santorini, Akrotiri, and the Atlantis Myth
Lecture 13—The Uluburun Shipwreck
Lecture 14—The Dead Sea Scrolls
Lecture 15—The Myth of Masada?
Lecture 16—Megiddo: Excavating Armageddon
Lecture 17—The Canaanite Palace at Tel Kabri
Lecture 18—Petra, Palmyra, and Ebla
Lecture 19—How Are Artifacts Dated and Preserved?
Lecture 20—The Terracotta Army, Sutton Hoo, and Ötzi
Lecture 21—Discovering the Maya
Lecture 22—The Nazca Lines, Sipán, and Machu Picchu
Lecture 23—Archaeology in North America
Lecture 24—From the Aztecs to Future Archaeology
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