Each chapter has a list of further readings, questions, and essay topics. Features historical records and artifacts. Provides a detailed examination of the decoration of the tombs. It takes place during the decline of Thebes and features a series of letters written between father and son when the father went away to observe the rebellions near Elephentine. Concludes with archaeologists' search for lost tombs.
Book emphasizes the use of various types of evidence in assessing the history of ancient Rome.
Maps, illustrations, comprehensive index, glossary, margin notes, charts, webs, and timelines make it well organized and easily accessible. Each chapter has further readings, questions, and essay topics. Nine-minute colour video exhibits artifacts found in the high Arctic, particularly those of the Cape Dorset people. Some archaeological suppositions are presented as fact without explanation. Shows Neoclassic art and architecture as the embodiment of reason, and Romantic art as the embodiment of passion.