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121) Lion's legacy
Author
Series
Publisher
Union Square & Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
After discovering that his boyfriend has been cheating on him and all his friends know about it, Tennessee Russo accepts an offer from his father--a famous archaeologist and reality show celebrity he hasn't seen in two years--to accompany him to Greece onhis latest quest for the Rings of the Sacred Band of Thebes.
"Seventeen-year-old Tennessee Russo’s life is imploding. His boyfriend has been cheating on him, and all his friends know about it....
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Shakespeare's Restless World uncovers the extraordinary stories behind twenty objects from the period to capture an age at once distant and yet surprisingly familiar. From knife crime to belief in witches, religious battles to the horizons of the New World, Neil MacGregor brings the past to life in a fresh, unexpected portrait of a dangerous and dynamic era.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Focus
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"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,...
Author
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Rachel Morgan's frank and incisive history begins with Richard Wetherill's "discovery" of Mesa Verde in Colorado in 1888. Subsequent expeditions by amateurs, looters, and budding professional archaeologists abetted the devastation of Indigenous sites throughout the Southwest. These expeditions became the proving grounds for different conceptions of what archaeology should be and how it should be practiced. Ultimately, revulsion at the work of nineteenth-century...
Author
Series
Cultural resource volume no. 1
Publisher
Nevada State Office, Bureau of Land Management
Pub. Date
1979.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"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...
130) The reincarnationist
Author
Series
Reincarnationist volume 1
Publisher
Harlequin Mills and Boon
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
132) National Geographic investigates ancient Aztec: archaeology unlock the secrets of Mexico's past
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Describes the work of archaeologists who have uncovered the artifacts of ancient Aztecs of Mexico.
Author
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"What can modern forensic tools teach us about existing and newly uncovered artifacts from ancient Chinese dynasties? How can we learn about human migration from the discovery of preserved bodies? Can todays technology uncover new clues about the Great Wall of China? Dive into this intriguing title, which examines how forensic science has allowed scientists, archaeologists, and historians to solve mysteries and answer questions about ancient China."--amazon.com...
Author
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Can modern DNA analysis uncover clues about the ancestry and migration of Romans? What new information can forensic science teach us about the fate of the citizens of Pompeii? How can X-rays help us analyze ancient art to learn about ancient Roman life? Find answers to these questions and more in this captivating title, which examines how forensic science has allowed scientists, archaeologists, and historians to solve mysteries and answer questions...
136) The Cairo curse
Author
Series
A Freddie and Grace mystery volume 2
Publisher
Barbour Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Newlyweds Lord and Lady Astley have already experienced their fair-share of suspense, but when a honeymoon trip takes a detour to the mystical land of Egypt, not even Grace with her fiction-loving mind is prepared for the dangers in store. From an assortment of untrustworthy adventure-seekers to a newly discovered tomb with a murderous secret, Frederick and Grace must lean on each other to navigate their dangerous surroundings. As the suspects mount...
138) The lost king
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In 2012, the remains of King Richard III were discovered beneath a car park in Leicester. For Philippa Langley, this was the culmination of years of obsessive research despite the doubts of her friends, family, experts, and academics.
Author
Series
Publisher
Constable
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The two aristocratic siblings Blotto and Twinks are once again launched into another death-defying adventure, this time in the civil war-torn republic of Jalapeno, in Mexico. But how did they ever get to such a foreign and distant land in the first place? For Twinks it was an easy decision - to escape her mother's match-making attempts she sets out to visit her old friend, Begonia Guiteras, who lives in Jalapeno, which is fortuitously on the doorstep...
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