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Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
This study of Native American societies is adapted for younger readers from Charles C. Mann's best-selling 1491. Turning conventional wisdom on its head, the book argues that the people of North and South America lived in enormous cities, raised pyra
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English
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"Detective Arieh-Ben Roi of the Jerusalem police investigates the murder of a well-known Israeli journalist and, with the help of Luxor police detective Yusuf Khalifa, discovers a connection to the mysterious death of a 1930s Egyptologist, who had claimed to have uncovered a labyrinth of unfathomable treasures."--From Novelist.
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English
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The discovery of Tutankhamun's treasure-filled tomb is one of the greatest events in modern archeology. It is also a story so filled with intrigues, accusations, international imbroglios, and lasting scandals that it forever altered the way archaeological expeditions were organized and conducted. Hoving's Tutankhamun focuses on Howard Carter, the archaeologist who persisted for six years in his search in the Valley of the Kings for Tutankhamun's tomb....
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Dirk Pitt adventures volume 12
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c1994
Language
English
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Series
Dead sea chronicles volume 1
Language
English
Description
"The newest thrilling tale of intrigue from best-selling author Jerry B. Jenkins combines adventure, spiritual warfare, and biblical archeology with Da Vinci Code-like flair. Nicole Berman is determined to find there the first concrete evidence of the biblical patriarch Abraham while leading her first archeological dig in Jordan. During the excavation, Berman discovers a 4,000-year-old complex that includes evidence she believes proves her theory....
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Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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In Lisbon in 1904, a young man names Tomas discovers an old journal. It hints at the existence of an extraordinary artifact that-if he can find it- would redefine history. Traveling in one of Europe's earliest automobiles, he sets out in search of this strange treasure. Thirty-five years later, a Portuguese pathologist devoted to the murder mysteries of Agatha Christie finds himself at the center of a mystery of his own and drawn into the consequences...
11) Storm cycle
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English
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Rachel Kirby, a computer genius whose beloved twin sister is dying from a chronc illness, receives a mysterious email from archeologist John Tanek who sits trapped inside a collapsed Egyptian tomb with a functioning laptop thousands of miles away. I
Publisher
Bridgestone Multimeda Group
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
Caucasian
Description
Two teenage friends uncover a long-lost medallion and accidentally travel through time and space to a ancient island kingdom. When a heartless warlord takes their amulet, the two friends join forces with the young and arrogant rightful king to recover the medallion and rescue the king's people from slavery.
15) The lost years
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 13
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English
Description
Mariah Lyons risks her life to solve the brutal murder of her father, Dr. Jonathan Lyons, a well-respected academic, who in a stroke of luck comes into the possession of an ancient and highly valuable parchment stolen from the Vatican in the 15th century.
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Mark of the thief trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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When Nic, a slave in the mines outside of Rome, is forced to enter a sealed cavern containing lost treasures of Julius Caesar, he finds himself in possession of an ancient amulet filled with magic once reserved for the Gods, and becomes the center of a conspiracy to overthrow the emperor and destroy Rome.
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Pandava volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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Twelve-year-old Aru stretches the truth to fit in at her private school, but when she is dared to prove an ancient lamp is cursed, she inadvertently frees an ancient demon.
18) The pharaoh key
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Gideon Crew volume 5
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English
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Gideon Crew--brilliant scientist, master thief, intrepid adventurer--is shocked when his former employer, Eli Glinn, vanishes without a trace, and Glinn's high-tech lab Effective Engineering Solutions shuts down seemingly overnight. Fresh off a diagnosis that gives him only months to live, Crew is contacted by one of his former coworkers at EES, Manuel Garza, who has a bead on one final treasure hinted at in EES's final case, the long-awaited translation...
19) Machu picchu
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Examines the exploration and study of Machu Picchu. Explores the lives of the site's builders, traces its discovery and scientific investigation, and discusses future study and conservation efforts.
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