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The History of Archaeology looks at both the extraordinary legacy of the world's great civilizations and the scholars who devoted their lives to uncovering and interpreting it. In each of the ten sections of this book, civilizations are examined through feature spreads on major archaeological finds. Key discoveries have illuminated lost cultures, including the tomb of Tutankhamun in Egypt, the palace of Knossos on Crete, the smothered Roman city of Pompeii, the Great Temple of the Aztecs under modern Mexico City, and the only known Viking site in North America, L' Anse Aux Meadows.