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2) Century rain
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Archaeologist Verity Auger spends her time exploring the landscape of Earth, which has been rendered uninhabitable by a technological catastrophe, and when a section of mid-twentieth century Earth is found perfectly preserved, she believes sh has found alink to the past that may help her protect the future.
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Babylon rising volume 1
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
398 p. ; 25 cm.
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Anne Clifton was one of the finest women in Ursula Kern's employ. But Miss Clifton has met an untimely end. And Ursula is convinced it was not due to natural causes. Archaeologist and adventurer Slater Roxton thinks Mrs. Kern is off her head to meddle in such dangerous business. Nevertheless, he seems sensible enough to Ursula, though she does find herself unnerved by his self-possession and unreadable green-gold eyes.
6) After dark
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Planet Harmony series volume 2
Publisher
Jove Books
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
332 p. ; 22 cm.
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Lydia Smith, a para-archaeologist, is hired by Emmett London.
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Amelia Peabody mysteries volume 17
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
xv, 400 p. ; 24 cm.
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Amelia Peabody mysteries volume 20
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"Egypt, 1912. Amelia Peabody and her dashing archeologist husband, Radcliffe Emerson, are once again in danger as they search for a priceless, stolen bust of legendary Queen Nefertiti and Amelia finds herself the target of assassins in this long-awaited, eagerly anticipated final installment of Elizabeth Peters's bestselling, beloved mystery series"--
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Dead Sea chronicles volume 2
Publisher
Worthy
Pub. Date
2022.
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pages cm.
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"Archaeologist Nicole Berman is the first woman to be awarded a permit to lead a dig in Saudi Arabia. Nicole has a hunch that the artifacts she hopes to discover have the power to rewrite world history. She assembles a team that will ultimately surprise -and in some cases - betray her. Will she find what she believes to be the key to unifying the three major religions before a dangerous enemy gets to her? Meanwhile, in a parallel storyline, readers...
10) The tombs
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Fargo adventures volume 4
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Husband-and-wife team Sam and Remi Fargo are intrigued when an archaeologist friend requests their help excavating a top secret historical site. What they find will set them on a hunt for a prize greater than they could ever imagine. 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 that has never been found. As they follow the trail through...
11) Deadlock
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Pub. Date
2009
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Emily Hudson is an archaeologist who travels the world in search of priceless artifacts from war-torn countries. Her best friend and partner, Joel Levy, is always at her side. Then Emily's entire crew is massacred, and she and Joel are taken captive by one of the most ruthless people on earth. For two weeks they survive, until Emily becomes the unwitting instrument of Joel's demise. John Garrett, who has worked for the CIA and MI6, is recruited to...
12) Subterranean
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Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
422 p. ; 24 cm.
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Archaelogist Ashley Carter and a team of specialists attempt to explore a labyrinth deep beneath the ice at the bottom of the Earth, a deadly maze that holds things that should not be disturbed.
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Laetitia Talbot mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Delta Trade Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
401 p. ; 21 cm.
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After the murder of her uncle Daniel, archaeologist Laetitia Talbot receives a postcard that takes her to the excavation in Burgundy where her uncle had spent his final days, and finds herself searching for Templar treasure and a killer who will do anything to keep an ancient legacy hidden.
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Amelia Peabody mysteries volume 12
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
307 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
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Amelia and Emerson follow an expedition searching for the vanished treasures of the Temple in Jerusalem. Besides suspecting the leader of the expedition of inept excavation practices, they believe him to be secretly working for German intelligence.
16) The Lucifer code
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Thomas Lourds novels volume 2
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
368 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
Description
Thomas Lourds ventures to Istanbul University in Turkey to examine artifacts never before seen by Western scholars. he's barely off the plane before he's kidnapped by ruthless people who leave a string of dead bodies in their wake. They want Lourds to translate coded writings that they hope will lead them to a lost scroll authored by John of Patmos--the same John who wrote the Book of Revelation in the Bible.
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Nora Gavin and Cormac Maguire series volume 4
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
332 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
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"What sort of book is worth a man's life? After a year away from working in the field, archaeologist Cormac Maguire and pathologist Nora Gavin are back in the bogs, investigating a ninth-century body found buried in the trunk of a car. They discover that the ancient corpse is not alone-pinned beneath it is the body of Benedict Kavanagh, missing for mere months and familiar to television viewers as a philosopher who enjoyed destroying his opponents...
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Fargo adventures volume 6
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"The outstanding new Fargo adventure from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author. Baffin Island: Husband-and-wife team Sami and Remi Fargo are on a climate-control expedition in the Arctic, when to their astonishment they discover a Viking ship in the ice, perfectly preserved-and filled with pre-Columbian artifacts from Mexico. How can that be? As they plunge into their research, tantalizing clues about a link between the Vikings and the legendary...
19) Old bones
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Nora Kelly novels (Preston & Child) volume 1
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Nora Kelly, a young but successful curator with a series of important excavations already under her belt, is approached by the handsome Historian, Guy Porter, to lead an expedition unlike any other. Guy tells his story--one involving 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...
20) The survivor
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Eve Duncan novels volume 30
Eve Duncan forensics thriller volume 28
Eve Duncan forensics thriller volume 30
Eve Duncan forensics thriller volume 28
Eve Duncan forensics thriller volume 30
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
Unearthing the perfectly preserved body of a female warrior in Southeast Asia, archeologist Riley Smith and Eve Duncan seek answers about this extraordinary past life, leading Riley to make a discovery that will change history--if she can survive long enough to share it with the world.
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