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Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
277 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
Description
"In the modern day, archaeologist Rosamund Gale works well into her pregnancy, racing to excavate newly found Neanderthal artifacts before her baby comes. Linked across the ages by the shared experience of early motherhood, both stories examine the often taboo corners of women's lives."--Amazon.com.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Tad travels to Las Vegas to attend archaeologist Sara Lavroff's presentation of her latest discovery, the papyrus that show the existence of the Necklace of Midas, the mythical King who turned everything he touched into gold. But this happy reunion will be clouded when an evil rich man kidnaps Sara in order to find the talisman and get infinite wealth. Along with his friends, Tad will have the use his wit to rescue Sara on a trip around the world,...
23) The whisper
Author
Series
BPD-FBI series volume 4
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
465 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.
Description
After surviving a brutal attack in Ireland, archaeologist Sophie Malone discovers that the fabled Celtic treasure she has been searching for is now in the hands of a serial killer who is using ancient rituals to satisfy a lust for violence--a discovery that causes her to become the prime suspect in a murder investigation.
Author
Series
Fargo adventures volume 6
Description
"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...
25) Storm cycle
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
402 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
Rachel Kirby, a computer genius whose beloved twin sister is dying from a chronic 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. It turns out the collapse was no accident. John has discovered something very valuable in that tomb, something that humankind has been searching for throughout history, something that Rachel could use as...
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"Archaeologist Faye Longchamp-Mantooth has dug herself a deep hole and she can't make her way out of it. As she struggles to recover from a shattering personal loss, she sees that everyone she loves is trying to reach out to her. If only she could reach back. Instead she's out digging holes all over her home, the Florida island of Joyeuse. In their old plantation home, Joe Wolf Mantooth is surrounded by family--Faye, the wife he loves; their toddler...
27) Subterranean
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
422 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
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.
28) Garden of lies
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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.
29) The golden one
Author
Series
Amelia Peabody mysteries volume 16
Publisher
Morrow
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
429 p. ; 24 cm.
30) Rituals
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Series
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Description
After a spiritual medium leads Faye Longchamp and her assistant in a séance, the medium winds up dead, and Faye must sort through a town full of spiritualists--and suspects--in order to find the culprit.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
224 pages
Description
"A lighthearted but informative look at chance discoveries made by ordinary people, of artifacts (and treasures) from the past. Many of these discoveries have led to leaps in our knowledge of history and science. Each short chapter will begin with a dramatic story of discovery, followed by the significance of the artifact that was discovered, followed by a look into the history of the civilization/era from which the artifact originates. The stories...
Publisher
LucasFilm
Pub. Date
[2023]
Formats
Description
Daredevil archaeologist Indiana Jones races against time to retrieve a legendary dial that can change the course of history. Accompanied by his goddaughter, he soon finds himself squaring off against Jürgen Voller, a former Nazi who works for NASA.
Author
Series
Amelia Peabody mysteries volume 17
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
xv, 400 p. ; 24 cm.
35) The Exodus quest
Author
Series
Daniel Knox novels volume 2
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
326 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
"Fact collides with fiction in Will Adams's second adventure featuring archaeologist Daniel Knox"--Provided by publisher.
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A woman waits under five feet of dirt-a woman who is by now nothing but bones stained the deep red of Oklahoma clay. A delicate silver necklace, a handful of ancient pearls, and a priceless figurine rest with her. Twenty-nine years is a long time to wait for a proper burial. Faye Longchamp-Mantooth, who runs a small and shakily financed archaeological consulting firm with her husband, Joe, has come to Sylacauga so she and Joe can join his father,...
Author
Publisher
Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
448 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
"Kenya, 1961. As a small plane carrying Natalie Nelson lands at a remote airstrip in the Serengeti, Natalie knows she's run just about as far as she can from home. Trained as an archaeologist, she has accepted an invitation to be part of a famous excavating team, her first opportunity to escape England and the painful memories of her past. But before she can get her bearings, the dig is surrounded by controversy involving the local Maasai people--and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Head of Zeus
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
281 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Description
"Liam hasn't even formally started his new job as an Alaska state trooper when trouble starts. An archaeologist, Erik, has made a discovery, and its connection to native Alaskan tribes could shut down drilling work--the source of income for many local residents. Just days later, the skeleton of a boy is discovered on Erik's dig site; then Erik's body is found mere feet from where the skeleton was found. With the help of his new assistant, the new...
39) Wrecked
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Series
Faye Longchamp archaeological mysteries volume 13
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Description
"Some losses cut to the bone... The suspicious drowning death of Captain Edward Eubank breaks archaeologist Faye Longchamp's heart. It also confuses her, because he was found in scuba gear and she's never heard him even mention scuba diving. During theirlast conversation, he told her that he believed he'd found a storied shipwreck, but when Faye checks it out, she finds nothing there-not a plank, not a single gold coin, nothing. If there's no treasure,...
40) Colony
Author
Publisher
Book Guild Ltd
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
Harmsworth. A remote, mist-shrouded island in the Russian Arctic. Archaeology Professor Callum Ross makes the discovery of a lifetime: a prehistoric ice mummy preserved for thousands of years by the sub-zero temperatures. Only, they didn't die of natural causes . . . As Callum races to unravel the mystery of the mutilated corpse, others race to sabotage the expedition. He and his team are left stranded, and they are not alone on the island. Someone,...
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