In post-Sept. 11 Los Angeles, tensions erupt when the lives of a Brentwood housewife, her district attorney husband, a Persian shopkeeper, two cops, a pair of carjackers and a Korean couple converge during a 36-hour period.

这是一本有关考古学的经典畅销书，被译成几十种文字，受到了全世界读者的喜爱。C. W. 策拉姆追寻着伟大学者和冒险家的足迹，从欧洲来到中东，又转至中美洲，带领人们进入一个个考古学传奇：施里曼发现特洛伊、卡特开启图坦卡蒙传奇般的墓室、科尔德维挖出巴比伦城、汤普森潜水寻找玛雅宝藏，商博良破译埃及象形文字……读者们宛如身临其境，亲历这些湮没已久的世界被揭开神秘面纱的过程。
本书首次出版于1949年。迈入21世纪以后，为了满足读者的需求，德国罗沃尔特出版社对该书进行了彻底修订，补录考古学的最新成果，插入大量精美图片，补充了附录，进行了多方完善。

2003 film directed by Wolfgang Becker

A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.