Ten Discoveries that Rewrote History

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The Rosetta Stone, Pompeii, Nineveh, Troy, King Tut's tomb, Machu Picchu, Thera-Akrotiri and the tomb of the 10,000 Warriors in China.

The wonders found at these sites all changed the way we understand history and most of the sites themselves are still being excavated and studied. But that's the only part of the story--the greatest suspense of these archaeological treasures was the intrigue and adventure surrounding their re-discovery after being hidden for centuries. With tales worthy of Indiana Jones and James Bond, Stanford archaeologist and author of Ten Discoveries that Rewrote History, Patrick Hunt will take you around the world.

Patrick Hunt, director of Stanford's Alpine Archeology Project since 1994, has spent more than a decade trying to unravel the mystery of how Hannibal, the great military leader, cross the Alps in 218 BCE with 25,000 and 37 elephants. Hunt has broken more than 20 bones while doing fieldwork, fought off kidnappers and twice survived sunstroke-induced blindness. His interests and scholarship are deep and wide. He is also published in art history and mythology and is a composer and poet. Visit his Web sitewww.patrickhunt.net for more information.