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English
Description
Professor Jeremy Logan is brought onto famed explorer Porter Stone's archaeological team to investigate a series of harrowing and inexplicable occurrences that are causing people on the expedition to fear a centuries-old curse behind Pharaoh Narmer's elusive "double" crown of the two Egypts. As paranoia and fear run rampant, Logan must delve into the mysteries of ancient Egyptology and near death experience in order to understand what might be plaguing...
3) Old bones
Author
Series
Nora Kelly novels (Preston & Child) volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Nora Kelly, a young but successful curator at the Santa Fe Archaeological Institute, is approached by a historian, Clive Benton, with the opportunity to lead an expedition unlike any other. It begins with the story of the ill-fated Donner Party, who became permanently lodged in the American consciousness in the winter of 1847 when the first skeletonized survivors of the party stumbled out of the California mountains, replete with tales of courage,...
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English
Description
The year is 1876. Among the warring Indian tribes and lawless gold-rush towns of America's western territories, two paleontologists pillage the Wild West. They are hunting for dinosaur fossils, while surveilling, deceiving and sabotaging each other in a rivalry that will come to be known as the Bone Wars. Into this treacherous territory plunges the arrogant and entitled Yale student William Johnson. Determined to survive a summer in the west to win...
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Harry earns his living as a tour guide in the jungles of Peru, but plans to make his fortune by finding the Sunburst, an ancient Incan treasure that holds an awesome power. On his perilous quest, he comes across cutthroat Ed Morgan, archeologist Stanley Moorehead, and beautiful Romanian refugee Elena Antonescu.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xv, 528 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Documents the true story of the nineteenth-century rediscovery of the Mayan civilization by American ambassador John Lloyd Stephens and British architect Frederick Catherwood, illuminating how their findings profoundly changed Western understandings about human history.
Author
Publisher
Harper Audio
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Unabridged; [Retail edition].
Physical Desc
14 CD (approximately 16 hours) : digital audio ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The extraordinary true story of the rediscovery of the Mayan civilization: In the tradition of 'The Lost City of Z' and 'Empire of Ice', comes the forgotten tale of nineteenth century American John Lloyd Stephens's quest to uncover and understand the ancient world's most advanced civilization amid the jungles of Central America.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Earth, early 21st century. Charles Weyland, an industrialist billionaire, leads an archaeological expedition to Antarctica. Using thermal imaging satellites, Weyland believes he has discovered the ruins of an ancient pyramid temple buried under the ice that predates the Egyptian and Aztec pyramids. Once inside, the team finds the remains of humans with holes in the rib cage and the remains of facehuggers. The possibility that the temple is uninhabited...
Author
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
143 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
"This book allows you to travel with Indiana Jones from his early escapades as a young boy to his adventures as an eminent archaeologist and daredevil hero. Uncover information about the characters Indy meets along the way, join him on his thrilling chases and close escapes, and dig deep for fabled treasures. Packed with full-color photos, original artworks, and maps plus fascinating facts and features"--P. [2] of cover.
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