Includes bibliographical references and index.

Book I Discovery: The Minoan Civilisation -- 1 An Adventure on Crete 3 -- 2 Under the Volcano 17 -- 3 Search for the Minoan Naval Base 32 -- 4 Return to Phaestos 38 -- 5 Ancient Scholars Speak 51 -- 6 Missing Link 58 -- 7 Who Were the Minoans? The DNA Trail 64 -- Book II Exploration: Voyages to the Near East -- 8 Lost Wreck and the Buried Treasure Trove 73 -- 9 Sailing from Byzantium 84 -- 10 Life in the Library 93 -- 11 A Place of Many Names and Many Nations 106 -- 12 A Ship in the Desert 115 -- 13 New Worlds for Old 119 -- 14 Rich, Exotic Lands 122 -- 15 Proud Nineveh 130 -- 16 Key to India? 136 -- 17 Indian Ocean Trade in the Bronze Age 141 -- 18 Truth is in the Trade ... 160 -- Book III Journeys West -- 19 Nec Plus Ultra: Entering the Atlantic 169 -- 20 A Folk Memory of Home? 179 -- 21 Spain and La Tauromaquia 188 -- 22 Blazing the Trail to Dover 191 -- 23 Land of Running Silver 198 -- 24 A Labyrinth in Dragon Country 201 -- 25 Strange Beasts and Astrolabes 207 -- Book IV Examining the Heavens -- 26 Seeing the Skies in Stone ... 215 -- 27 Mediterranean and Atlantic Megaliths 224 -- 28 Stonehenge: the Master Work 229 -- 29 From the Med to the Megalith 238 -- 30 Land that Time Forgot 243 -- 31 Bronze Boy 250 -- Book V Reaches of Empire -- 32 Seekers Set Sail 259 -- 33 A Metallurgical Mystery 272 -- 34 Adventures by Water 280 -- 35 A Heavy Load Indeed 284 -- 36 Into the Deep Unknown 290 -- 37 So: the Proof 294 -- Book VI Legacy -- 38 Spots Marked 'X' 303 -- 39 A New Beginning 309 -- 40 A Return to Crete 314 -- 41 Legacy of Hope 322.