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1) The tombs
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English
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It's a prize beyond imagination. When an archaeologist excavating a top secret historical site realizes the magnitude of his discovery he requests help from treasure hunters Sam and Remi Fargo. And in rushing to join him, the husband and wife team are thrown into their most daring quest to date. 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...
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Sigma Force novels volume 11
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English
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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...
6) Labyrinth
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Series
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 29
Language
English
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July 2005. In the Pyrenees mountains near Carcassonne, Alice, a volunteer at an archaeological dig, stumbles into a cave and makes a startling discovery-two crumbling skeletons, strange writings on the walls, and the pattern of a labyrinth.
Eight hundred years earlier, on the eve of a brutal crusade that will rip apart southern France, a young woman named Alais is given a ring and a mysterious book for safekeeping by her father. The book, he says,...
Eight hundred years earlier, on the eve of a brutal crusade that will rip apart southern France, a young woman named Alais is given a ring and a mysterious book for safekeeping by her father. The book, he says,...
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Hardy Boys mystery stories volume 31
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
c1952
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
178 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
An archaeological expedition in the West turns into a desperate attempt to capture robbers and an escaped convict.
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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...
10) Dead By Dusk
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English
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Buried No More...
An Italian getaway was just the cure Stephanie Cahill needed to recover from a painful past. But, the picture perfect Bella Vista has been hiding dark secrets of its own. Thought to be eternally damned, a long-dormant vampire has been unleashed by an archeological dig-not the kind of research Grant Peterson signed on for. And, it seems he's not the only one attracted to Stephanie's dark charms. As the ancient seaside village plunges...
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Amelia Peabody mysteries volume 18
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English
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Once again the bestselling master of suspense, Elizabeth Peters, brings an exotic world of adventure, intrigue, and danger to vivid life, in a tale as exciting, mysterious, and powerful as ancient Egypt. A unique treasure obtained by unscrupulous means, the small gold statuette of an unidentified Egyptian king is a priceless relic from a bygone era. But more than history surrounds the remarkable artifact-for it is said that early death will come to...
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Dead Sea chronicles volume 1
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English
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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jerry B. Jenkins comes a heart-stopping adventure of historical proportions.
Nicole Berman is an archaeologist on the brink of a world-changing discovery. Preparing for her first dig in Jordan, she believes she has found concrete evidence of a biblical patriarch that could change history books forever. But someone doesn't want the truth revealed. While urgently trying to connect pieces of an ancient puzzle,...
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English
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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...
15) The dragon pearl
Publisher
VVS Films
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
Widescreen [ed.].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Covenant Communications
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
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Description
CNN reporter Dulcey Moore, while documenting the excavation of a magnificent golden goddess statue in the fallen city of Zeugma, Turkey, must navigate the power struggles and cultural clashes that arise as the dig progresses. But as tensions mount outside and inside the excavation camp, she struggles to distinguish friends from enemies and risks her life to preserve her most precious treasures.
17) Unearthed
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English
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Matt resents his father and boycotts everything he stands for until Matt becomes involved in an archeological dig in Mexico.
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Series
Amelia Peabody mysteries volume 11
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Formats
Description
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 wait at a remote...
19) Empire of gold
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Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
While working with Interpol investigating smuggled artifacts, archaeologist Nina Wilde and her husband, Eddie Chase, get close to the mythical city of El Dorado and may have to sacrifice everything to solve the mystery of this legend.
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