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Author
Series
Jeremy Logan novels volume 3
Language
English
Description
Porter Stone is leading a team of archaeologists on a search for King Narmer's tomb in the Sudd, a hellish swamp in northern Sudan. The dig, itself, is a nightmare, but the tomb's true horrors have yet to be fully revealed. When several disturbances lead the team to believe they have unleashed a centuries-old curse, Professor Jeremy Logan is called in to investigate.
2) Labyrinth
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 29
Language
English
Author
Series
Amelia Peabody mysteries volume 11
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Author
Series
Amelia Peabody mysteries volume 18
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Author
Series
Daniel Knox novels volume 2
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
"Fact collides with fiction in Will Adams's second adventure featuring archaeologist Daniel Knox"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Lindsay Chamberlain mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Cumberland House
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
When her brother goes missing after contacting her from the site of an Icelandic rescue mission, Kristin is pursued by vigilantes from the U.S. Army and discovers a conspiracy involving a crashed World War II plane and the fate of its survivors.
Author
Series
Elizabeth MacPherson mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
1990, c1985
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Sensation
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
On the faraway plant Celta, Jace has always been a loner. Glyssa, his former mate, is determined to track him down and have him claim her. She finds him at the excavation site of a lost starship, and they find that their electric connection from years ago is sparking once more.
10) Diablo Mesa
Author
Series
Nora Kelly novels (Preston & Child) volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
New York Times bestselling authors Preston & Child continue with the wildly popular series featuring archaeologist Nora Kelly and FBI Agent Corrie Swanson. Lucas Tappan, a wealthy and eccentric billionaire and founder of Icarus Space Systems, approaches the Santa Fe Archaeological Institute with an outlandish proposal--to finance a careful, scientific excavation of the Roswell Incident site, where a UFO is alleged to have crashed in 1947. A skeptical...
Author
Series
Sigma Force novels volume 11
Language
English
Description
"In this groundbreaking masterpiece of ingenuity and intrigue that spans 50,000 years of human history, New York Times bestselling author James Rollins takes us to mankind's next great leap. But will it mark a new chapter in our development. or our extinction? A war is coming, a battle that will stretch from the prehistoric forests of the ancient past to the cutting-edge research labs of today. In the remote mountains of Croatia, an archaeologist...
12) Oasis
Author
Publisher
Imprint
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
In this young adult thriller, a group of teens are saved when they come across a mysterious oasis. But who will save them from the oasis? Alif had exciting summer plans: working on her father's archaeological dig site in the desert with four close friends ... and a very cute research assistant. Then the sandstorm hit. Their camp wiped away, Alif and the others find themselves lost on the sands, seemingly doomed ... until they find the oasis. It has...
Author
Series
Publisher
Head of Zeus
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Labor Day in Blewestown, Alaska, and it seems most of the town's thirty-five hundred residents have turned out to celebrate- or to cause trouble. Liam Campbell is checking out the local watering hole in his new town. He's finally made it out of Newenham and is ready for a quiet life with his wife. He has been in town for about a week when an archaeologist invites him out to his dig site outside of town. He's on the verge of a momentous discovery,...
Author
Publisher
HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"On a remote archeological site in Greece, the mythic home of the first Olympics, four women discover an unusual artifact. It's a piece of history that definitely shouldn't exist. And for the head archaeologist in charge, a relic himself, it means something's gone horribly wrong. Elise, Kara, Z, and Patty all find themselves digging here together, but they couldn't be farther apart. Kara's a polished conservator calling off her wedding. Patty and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Constable
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Blotto and Twinks are once again launched into another death-defying adventure, this time in the civil war-torn republic of Jalapeno, in Mexico. Desperate to escape her mother's match-making attempts Twinks sets out to visit her old friend, Begonia Guiteras, who lives close to an Aztec dig she wants to work on. Unfortunately, her visit coincides with the War for Jalapeno Independence, headed by Begonia's father. Twinks's excavation of the Aztec site...
Author
Series
Fargo adventures volume 4
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Husband-and-wife team Sam and Remi Fargo are intrigued when an archaeologist friend requests their help excavating a top secret historical site. 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. As they follow the trail through Hungary, Italy, France, Russia and Kazakhstan, the Fargos will find themselves pitted against a thieving group of amateur treasure...
17) Lion's legacy
Author
Series
Publisher
Union Square and Co
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Tennessee Russo's life is imploding. His boyfriend has been cheating on him, and all his friends know about it. Worse, they expect him to just accept his ex's new relationship and make nice. So when his father, a famous archaeologist and reality show celebrity whom he hasn't seen in two years, shows up unexpectedly and offers to take him on an adventure, Tennessee only has a few choices: 1. Stay, mope, regret it forever. 2. Go,...
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Series
Language
English
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Description
"The Christmas spirit is overtaking Tradd Street with a vengeance in this festive new novel in the New York Times bestselling series by Karen White. Melanie Trenholm should be anticipating Christmas with nothing but joy--after all, it's only the second Christmas she and her husband, Jack, will celebrate with their twin toddlers. But the ongoing excavation of the centuries-old cistern in the garden of her historic Tradd Street home has been a huge...
Author
Series
Thomas Lourds novels volume 1
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
When the ancient ruins of Atlantis are discovered along the Spanish coast, linguist and archaeologist Thomas Lourds joins a violent competition to be the first of its explorers, an effort marked by a series of puzzles that must be solved in order to gainentry into the lost civilization.
Author
Series
Dead Sea chronicles volume 2
Publisher
Worthy
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"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...
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