(1) Christian Ris explains the story of archaeology, its challenges and major advances in a narrative style with numerous archived images. People always have been interested in our past, but only since the Nineteenth Century has archaeology become a recognized science. (2) Using black light and intricate exploitation of digital photography, the walls of the catacombs of Kom el-Shougafa in Alexandria, the mummies of the Taklamakan Desert in China and an Etruscan sarcophagus all reveal pictorial complexity that is barely perceptible to the naked eye.
Produced in 2015 by Archaeological Legacy Institute
Copyright 2015 by Archaeological Legacy Institute
Web links:
Center for Alexandrian Studies
History of archaeology (Wikipedia)
History of Archaeology: The Series (About.com)