CONTENTS Introduction 6 Europe The Neanderthals 16 The Art of the Ice Age 18 Skara Brae 28 Varna 32 The Iceman 34 Megaliths 36 The Bodies from the Bogs 46 The Iron Age 52 Hadrian's Wall and Vindolanda 56 Sutton Hoo 64 The Vikings 68 The Mediterranean World Knossos and the Minoans 76 Troy 92 The Mycenaean World 96 Athens 108 Delphi and Olympia 116 The Vergina Tombs 122 Shipwrecks in the Mediterranean 124 The Etruscans 130 Rome 136 Pompeii and Herculaneum 152 The Romans in North Africa 164 The Near and Middle East Jericho 170 Catalhoyuk 174 The Royal Tombs at Ur 176 The Hittites 182 Nineveh 186 Persepolis 188 The Dead Sea Scrolls 192 Masada 196 Africa The Olduvai Gorge 202 The Pyramids204 Amarna 210 The Rosetta Stone213 Tutankhamun and the Valley of the Kings 214 Egyptian Temples 222 Great Zimbabwe 226 Asia and the Pacific The Indus Valley Civilization 232 The Frozen Tombs of Altai 234 The Lost Cities of the Silk Road 238 The Terracotta Army 248 Angkor 252 Australian Rock Art 256 Easter Island 262 The Americas The Spread of Humans 268 The Treasures of Sipan 270 The Maya - Palenque and theTomb of Pakal 272 Teotihuacan 278 The Aztecs 280 Macchu Picchu and the Incas 288 Pueblo Farmers of the Desert 292 Bibliography 298 Index 303 Picture Acknowledgements 304