"It's time to get off the beaten path. Inspiring equal parts wonder and wanderlust, Atlas Obscura celebrates over 700 of the strangest and most curious places in the world. Talk about a bucket list: here are natural wonders-- the dazzling glowworm caves in New Zealand, or a baobob tree in South Africa that's so large it has a pub inside where 15 people can drink comfortably. Architectural marvels, including the M.C. Escher-like stepwells in India....

"What's it like to be the first to enter an Egyptian burial chamber that's been sealed for thousands of years? What horrifying secret was found among the prehistoric ruins of the American Southwest? Who really was the infamous the Monster of Florence? Douglas Preston's journalistic explorations have taken him from the haunted country of Italy to the jungles of Honduras. He was granted exclusive journalistic access to the largest tomb in Egypt's Valley...

Twenty five activities support an overview of the science of archaeology as well as some of the secrets it has revealed from ancient civilizations throughout the world.

Egyptians made their pet cats into mummies. The Greeks invented the idea of going to school. Julius Caesar's last words were "Et tu, Brute?" You may have heard these common sayings or beliefs before. But are they really true? Can they be proven through research? Let's investigate seventeen statements about the ancient world and find out which ones are right, which ones are wrong, and which ones stump even the experts! Find out whether the Romans ate...

Erich von Daniken travels around the globe to study the strange phenomena that all point to one conclusion. Many thousands of years ago, Earth was visited by a race of superhuman powers and intelligence.

Erich von Daniken unveils evidence of an intergalactic 'battle of the gods' whose losers retreated to, and settled, Earth. He explores a vast, mysterious underworld of caves filled with gold, and writings in solid gold that go back to the time of the Great Flood.

Take a journey from the Stone Age onward and compare what occurred across the globe at various moments in time. While the Greeks held the earliest Olympic Games, the Zapotec were building pyramids. Find out where it all started!

Who lived in our world's ancient places? How did they survive? Travel back to the lost cities of Babylon, Karnak, Herculaneum, Mesa Verde, Angkor Wat, Great Zimbabwe, Easter Island (or Rapa Nui), Tenochtitlan, Machu Picchu, Fatehpur Sikri, Jamestown, Caughnawaga, and Akrotiri. See why these civilizations were lost--and how they were found! -back cover.

Each night brings a new bride, and each morning, they die. An 18-year-old killer rules the land, ordering his nightly brides' execution. When Shahrzad volunteers to be Khalid's next bride, ready to avenge her best friend and the ruler's other innocent victims, Shahrzad is shocked to learn the truth about the murderous Caliph of Khorasan and his motives. She might even be falling for him. Debut Novel, 416pp.