Three Stones Make a Wall: The Story of Archaeology

From the bestselling author of 1177 B.C., a comprehensive history of archaeologyfrom its amateur beginnings to the cutting-edge science it is today. In 1922, Howard Carter peered into Tutankhamun’s tomb for the first time, the only light coming from the candle in his outstretched hand. Urged to tell what he was seeing through the small opening he had cut in the door to the tomb, the Egyptologist famously replied,Additional ISBNs: 9780691183237, 0691183236, 9781400884612, 1400884616