Lost Cities : 50 Discoveries in World Archaeology

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 -- Megiddo: the city of Armageddon -- Babylon --Ugarit --Bogazköy --Nimrud --Nineveh --Persepolis --Pergamon -- Dura-Europos --Kremna --Sagalossos --Palmyra --Samarra --Fatehpur Sikri: the city of victory --Anyang and the Late Shang state --Fujiwara --Angkor: the city built by angels --Hiraizumi: Japan's gateway to the north --Port Essington --Cahokia: ancient city of the American heartland -- Cities of the North American deserts --Teotithuacan --Tikal --Copán -- Tiwanaku --El Tajín -Chan Chan, Machu Picchu.Teonoititlán,