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1) The tombs
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Husband-and-wife team Sam and Remi Fargo are intrigued when an archaeologist friend requests their help excavating a top secret historical site. What they find will set them on a hunt for a prize greater than they could ever imagine. The clues point to the hidden tomb of Attila the Hun, the High King who was reportedly buried with a vast fortune of gold and jewels and plunder ... a bounty that has never been found. As they follow the trail through...
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Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1996
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English
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In Eyewitness to Discovery, Brian M. Fagan gathers together 55 vivid accounts of the world's greatest archaeological discoveries, from the tomb of Tutankhamun and the Aegean Marbles to Otzi the Iceman and Macchu Picchu, told by the people who discovered them. The selections chronicle the development of the field, from the early 1700s when archaeology was little more than a lighthearted treasure hunt, to the late twentieth century when discoveries...
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Time-Life Video and Television (distributor)
Pub. Date
c2002
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English
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This Emmy-Award winning series for Outstanding Informational Series features original location cinematography in 25 countries, taking the viewer around the world on an incredible journey from ancient Mesopotamia to modern Tibet.
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"In this groundbreaking masterpiece of ingenuity and intrigue that spans 50,000 years of human history, New York Times bestselling author James Rollins takes us to mankind's next great leap. But will it mark a new chapter in our development. or our extinction? A war is coming, a battle that will stretch from the prehistoric forests of the ancient past to the cutting-edge research labs of today. In the remote mountains of Croatia, an archaeologist...
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A violent past leads to a present danger…
When an old college roommate invites Claire Britten to join her on an archaeological dig at a Florida peat bog, it's an offer the renowned forensic psychologist can't refuse. Claire's husband, criminal lawyer Nick Markwood, is comforted to see Claire working on a prehistoric burial site instead of an open grave for once. But Claire's investigative instincts kick in when some of The Black Bog's perfectly...
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The Thea Sisters participate on a dig at Hierapolis. During their visit to the excavation site, Professor Brenninger unearths a series of priceless and very old figurines. But the Thea Sisters soon figure out that it's a scam. They start to investigate and discover that the figurines are fake, exposing Professor Brenninger's plans.
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In 523 BC, the Persian pharaoh Cambyses dispatched an army across Egypt's desert to destroy the oracle at Siwa-only for the entire force to be overwhelmed by a sandstorm and lost forever.
Two and a half millennia later, a mutilated corpse is washed up on the banks of the Nile at Luxor; an antiques dealer is savagely murdered in Cairo; and a British archaeologist is found dead at an ancient necropolis of Saqqara.
The incidents appear unconnected,...
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No one thought that Ubar, the most fabled city of ancient Arabia, would ever be found, if it even existed. According to the Koran, the ancient trading outpost was sunk into the desert as punishment for the sins of its people. Over the centuries, many searched for the legendary "Atlantis of the Sands"-including Lawrence of Arabia-yet the city remained lost. Until now.
Documentary filmmaker and amateur archaeologist Nicholas Clapp first stumbled on...
13) National Geographic investigates ancient Greece: archaeology unlocks the secrets of Greece's past
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National Geographic
Pub. Date
c2007
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English
16) National Geographic investigates ancient Inca: archaeology unlocks the secrets of the Inca's past
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National Geographic
Pub. Date
c2007
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English
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Discusses important archeological finds from the Andes region of South America and reveals how archaeologists use the latest technology to discover clues to the ancient civilization of the Incas.
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Rowman & Littlefield
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[2015]
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English
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"A fascinating review of archaeological Great Britain, covering the deep archaeology of this long-settled island--from early hominid remains through the modern world--as well as Great Britain's role in the larger archaeological realm"--Provided by publisher.
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Readers have long wondered what befell the Emerson clan during the years before the Great War. Now, at last, the silence is broken and the truth revealed of a perilous journey to a secret and mysterious place hidden deep in the heart of the unforgiving desert. An adventure prompted by loyalty to an endangered friend — and spurred on by lies and treachery — it leads Amelia Peabody and her intrepid family into a nest of vipers lying in
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