K. Keram's book "Gods, Tombs, Scientists" tells about the great archaeological discoveries that made it possible to restore the history of the ancient civilizations of Greece, Egypt, Babylon, Sumer, Akkad, Mexico. The reader learns about the discoveries of Heinrich Schliemann on the Hissarlik hill, where he searched ancient Troy, and in Mycenae, about how Arthur Evans managed to find traces of ancient Greek culture on the island of Crete; how Carter and Carnarvon found the famous tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, and Stephens and Thompson found the ancient cities of the Mayans and their legendary capital Chichen Itza; how Champollion deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphs, and Grotefend and Rawlinson laid the foundation for the decipherment of cuneiform, and about many other, no less interesting discoveries, as a result of which humanity was able to get acquainted with the greatest cultures of the ancient world.