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November 4, 1922. For six seasons the legendary Valley of the Kings has yielded no secrets to Howard Carter and his archeological team: "We had almost made up our minds that we were beaten," he writes, "and were preparing to leave The Valley and try our luck elsewhere; and then--hardly had we set hoe to ground in our last despairing effort than we made a discovery that far exceeded our wildest dreams." Join Howard Carter in his fascinating odyssey...
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Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2020.
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First American edition.
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pages cm
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English
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"A thrilling history of the West's scramble for the riches of ancient Egypt by the foremost Egyptologist of our time. From the decipherment of hieroglyphics in 1822 to the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon a hundred years later, the uncovering of Egypt's ancient past took place in an atmosphere of grand adventure and international rivalry. In A World Beneath the Sands, the acclaimed Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson chronicles...
Publisher
Thinking Man Films
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Did the Israelites' exodus from Egypt really happen? There's evidence that it did. Traveling from the United States to Israel and England, filmmaker Timothy Mahoney sifts through archaeological and historical clues, as well as comments from scholars and experts, to determine the truth as he builds a new case for an ancient, and often controversial, story.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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"During the reign of the New Kingdom of Egypt, the boy pharaoh Tutankhamun ruled and died tragically young. In order to send him on his way into the afterlife, his tomb was filled with every treasure he would need after death. And then, it was lost to time, buried in the sands of the Valley of the Kings. His tomb was also said to be cursed. Centuries later, as Egypt-mania gripped Europe, two Brits -- a rich earl with a habit for gambling and a disreputable,...
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
46 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
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Describes the burial of the Pharaoh Tutankhamen and the discovery of his long-lost tomb by archaeologists more than 3000 years later.
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