Web links

The following websites will help you find out more about amazing archaeologists in the Time Raiders series.

Hiram Bingham (Machu Picchu)

Searching for the last Inca capital
The story as Hiram Bingham told it, with maps and photos.

Photographs of Hiram Bingham Hiram Bingham

Arlington National Cemetery
A short biography of Hiram Bingham

Courageous Dissent
Some unusual information about Hiram Bingham

Machu Picchu - Wikipedia

The Controversy over Machu Picchu with Yale University - Wikipedia

Machu Picchu Photos - Infoperu

Machu Picchu – Virtual Tour
360 degrees camera shots. Breathtaking.

Machu Picchu – info and photos

Entering Machu Picchu
Travel and tour photos

Machu Picchu – Minnesota State University Museum      
Info and photos

Inca Trail Map
And other maps of Peru – InkaNatura Travel

Bird call recordings from the jungles of Peru – xeno-canto

Machu Picchu - Yahoo Kids
Hundreds of site links to explore

Archaeology and Peru - Yahoo Kids
Links to dozens of sites with information and games, including ‘Peru Mummy Dogs

Rainforest Heroes - Rainforest Action Network
Facts about rainforests and what we can help preserve them.

American Museum of Natural History
Inca Ivestigation

The Incredible Incas for Kids


Austen Henry Layard (Nineveh)

Assyria  - Minnesota State University

What is Virtual Archaeology - Minnesota State University

Reconstruction of an Assyrian Throne Room - Metropolitan Museum of Arts

The Assyrian Empire - Metropolitan Museum of Arts
  Austen Henry Layard of Nineveh fame photo
Excavations at Nimrud - Metropolitan Museum of Arts

Ivories from the Northwest Palace - Metropolitan Museum of Arts

Reliefs from the Northwest Palace - Metropolitan Museum of Arts

Layard in Bakhtiyari costume (painting) - All Posters

Layard on his archaeological site
(sketch)

Compare old and new photographs of reliefs at Barvian (includes a drawing by Layard) - Francis Deblauwe

Photos of Iraq, old diaries, letters by Gertrude Bell - Gertrude Bell Project

Assyrian reliefs
A relief is a sculptured artwork where a modelled form is raised or lowered from a flattened background

Ancient Mesopotamia for Kids - Mr Donn
Learn about Mesopotamian schools, music, Gods and the hanging gardens

Mesopotamia - British Museum palaces
Warfare, writing and more

Basic Archaeology: What's a ‘dig’? - Social Studies for Kids