Text and photographs present a description of early humans: their origins; their tools and weapons; how they hunted and foraged for food; and the role of family life, money, religion, and magic.

"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...

Follows Ancient Astronaut theorist Giorgio A. Tsoukalos as he explores the world's most ancient mysteries. Highlights from Giorgio's journeys include: The Hunt for Atlantis, where investigators attempt to locate the city that Plato described and wonder whether it was home to an advanced civilization that created the human race; and The Mystery of Loch Ness, where Giorgio travels from Scotland's Loch Ness to Vermont's Lake Champlain.

In the distant future, while studying the land of Barzakh in the Sahara, members of the Institute for the Archeology of Human Thought unearth the bones of Gara, a young man, whose Myelin will unravel the secrets of his ancient consciousness. A foreigner in his own land, Gara, in search of a better humanity, has traveled through three eras, from the 11th-century deserts of Mauritania to the dystopic future, inadvertently sowing the seeds of his own...