From the bestselling author of 1177 B.C.?? a comprehensive history of archaeology--from 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?? " wonderful things." Carter's fabulous discovery is just one of the many spellbinding stories told in Three Stones Make a Wall.

Written by Eric Cline?? an archaeologist with more than thirty seasons of excavation experience?? Three Stones Make a Wall traces the history of archaeology from an amateur pursuit to the cutting-edge science it is today by taking the reader on a tour of major archaeological sites and discoveries?? from Pompeii to Petra?? Troy to the Terracotta Warriors?? and Mycenae to Meg