: The origins of modern archaeology -- Excavting Pompeii and Herculaneum -- Schliemann and his sucessors at Troy -- Early archaeology in Mesopotamia -- How do archaeologists know where to dig? -- Prehistoric archaeology.
: Göbekli Tepe, Catalhöyük, and Jericho -- Pyramids, mummies and hieroglyphics -- King Tut's tomb -- How you do excavate at a site? -- Discovering Mycenae and Knossos -- Santorini, Akrotiri, and the Atlantis myth.
: The Uluburun shipwreck -- The dead sea scrolls -- The myth of Masada? -- Megiddo: excavating armageddon -- The Canaanite Palace at Tel Kabri -- Petra, Palmyra, and Ebla.
: How are artifacts dated and preserved? -- The terracotta army, Sutton Hoo, and Ötzi -- Discovering the Maya -- The Nazca Lines, Sipán, and Machu Picchu -- Archaeology in North America -- From the Aztecs to Future Archaeology.
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