Archeologia. Mumie, złoto i stare skorupy

What does an archaeologist do? Is he digging holes in the ground all the time? Is he looking at ancient bones? Sticks broken dishes together? Or maybe he is looking for treasures?

First of all, the archaeologist tries to find out what people were like in the past and penetrate their secrets. He's like a crime scene detective. Only the traces he studied were left hundreds, thousands or tens of thousands of years ago!
In this book you will find out if Herod was an evil king, if Tutankhamun's curse killed someone, if Atlantis really existed, why ancient Wikipedia was in Nineveh, what the terracotta army was for, and how the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. You will also understand why old shells are more valuable to scientists than gold, learn how to find a mummy on a mountain trip, and discover what it takes to become an archaeologist (especially: what not to do!).