"Stonehenge is a circle of huge rocks in England that's been there for thousands of years. How did it even get there? And what on Earth was it used for?"--Provided by publisher.

Massive pyramids tower over the Giza Plateau near Cairo, Egypt. Built in the Bronze Age, these immense stone structures were engineered with remarkable precision. How did the ancient Egyptians construct them without the use of modern tools? Why were they built? Throughout the centuries, historians and archaeologists have studied the pyramids and other Egyptian artifacts in search of possible answers to these questions. The pyramids are filled with...

Describes the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D., the destruction of Pompeii, the rediscovery of the buried city in the eighteenth century, and the archeological excavations which have revealed how people lived in the city two thousand years ago.

Provides facts about the Great Wall of China and explores common myths and mysteries about the structure.

Legend has it that the original Ten Commandments handed down from God to Moses were placed inside an ark which was last seen in Jerusalem in 587 B.C. This search for the Ark of the Covenant travels to ancient Palestine to dig for answers, where historic illustrations shed light on the date of the Ark's last sighting. The trail next leads to wondrous artifacts that bear witness to mankind's obsession with the Ark and its contents. As shifting sands...

5,000 years ago, a group of Stone Age farmers began work on the most astonishing structure In Neolithic Europe. The task would take them one and a half millennia to complete. What prompted them to embark on such a project, and what do the alignments of the stones really signify?