72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 31 cm
Contents
Archaeological missions around the world -- Alexandria: a drowned wonder -- Easter Island: a lost civilization -- Mummies deep in the desert -- Cahuachi: an open-air museum -- The dinosaurs of Mongolia -- Zeugma: a sunken city -- The mythic blue bear -- The Celts: civilized barbarians -- Userkare: the missing pharaoh -- Abel: world's first human? -- Pompeii: a city preserved -- The North Pole: a treasure adrift -- The Baluchitherium -- The original Olympic games.