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"Discover all the mysteries, facts, and discoveries about skeletons that are creepy-and true-in the much-anticipated companion to Mummies Exposed! and Ghosts Unveiled! The Creepy and True series explores strange phenomena, fun facts, and out of the ordinary discoveries. Have you ever wondered what lies beneath our feet? Bones have a story to tell-and not always a happy one. Bones Unearthed!, book 3 of the Creepy and True series, investigates remarkable...
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Time-Life Video and Television (distributor)
Pub. Date
c2002
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4 DVDs (ca. 500 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
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This Emmy-Award winning series for Outstanding Informational Series features original location cinematography in 25 countries, taking the viewer around the world on an incredible journey from ancient Mesopotamia to modern Tibet.
6) Archeology
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
c1994
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63 p. : coll. ill. ; 28 cm.
11) Treasure
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DK
Pub. Date
2010
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73 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. map ; 29 cm.
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Be an eyewitness to the exciting search for precious artifacts, hidden or lost through the centuries and rediscovered by archaeologists and treasure hunters.
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Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2009
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64 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 23 x 26 cm.
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An exploration of two strikingly different shipwrecks. For those who know how to interpret its secrets, a sunken ship has many tales to tell. The stories of the lives of those aboard its last voyage are revealed in the objects scattered around the shipwreck. Then there are the stories of the many ocean creatures that have found a home inside the broken hull. Two shipwrecks, separated by two thousand miles and two centuries, share a common history...
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"In 1177 B.C., marauding groups known only as the "Sea Peoples" invaded Egypt. The pharaoh's army and navy managed to defeat them, but the victory so weakened Egypt that it soon slid into decline, as did most of the surrounding civilizations. After centuries of brilliance, the civilized world of the Bronze Age came to an abrupt and cataclysmic end. Kingdoms fell like dominoes over the course of just a few decades. No more Minoans or Mycenaeans. No...
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E one
Pub. Date
[2012]
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1 DVD (230 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Take a virtual tour through rediscovered cities and see archaeological sites as their inhabitants saw them centuries ago. Explore ancient Egypt, the magnificence of the Pyramids, the city of the Pharoahs, the ancient city of Palmyra, the Mayan ruins and Incan temple at Machu Picchu. Includes state-of-the-art computer graphics, spectacular on-location photography, and research from the world's leading archaeologists. Originally aired on The History...
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Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2021]
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xxxiii, 426 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits, photographs (some color) ; 25 cm
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In 1863, a French senator arrived in Jerusalem hoping to unearth relics dating to biblical times. Digging deep underground, he discovered an ancient grave that, he claimed, belonged to an Old Testament queen. News of his find ricocheted around the world, evoking awe and envy alike, and inspiring others to explore Jerusalem's storied past. In the century and a half since the Frenchman broke ground, Jerusalem has drawn a global cast of fortune seekers...
19) Jess
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Pleasant Company Publications
Pub. Date
2006
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126 p. : col. ill. ; 18 cm.
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When ten-year-old Jess McConnell meets a new friend on her trip to the ancient Maya ruins in Belize, she is invited on an eco-adventure and makes some real discoveries--about the dangers in the Belizean jungle, about the people who have lived there sincelong ago, and about herself.
20) Excavation
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William Morrow
Pub. Date
2011
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404 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
A journey of discovery turns into a fight for survival when archaeologist Dr. Henry Conklin, his nephew and their exploratory party unearth a deadly scourge from the depths of an untouched set of ancient Incan ruins.
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