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Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The Viking Age--between 750 and 1050--saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples. As traders and raiders, explorers and colonists, they reshaped the world between eastern North America and the Asian steppe. Based on the latest archaeological and textual evidence, Children of Ash and Elm tells the story of the Vikings on their own terms: their politics, their cosmology, their art and culture. From Björn Ironside, who led an expedition...
Author
Publisher
WND Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Bassett-Brody showcases archeological discoveries that make it clear the stories of the Bible are historical and factual events. She details the key Bible-confirming artifacts that have been unearthed, and offers a summary of the biblical events for each artifact. By showing that the events occurred at a real time and in real places, she counters skeptical comments that "There is no physical evidence to support the Bible". -- adapted from front flap
Etched...
64) The dark city
Author
Series
Relic master volume 1
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Raffi, Master Galen, and a mysterious traveler, Carys, enter the ruined city of Tasceron seeking a relic that may save the world, while evading the Watch, a brutal organization opposed to the Order to which Raffi and Galen belong.
67) The Exodus quest
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.
Publisher
National Geographic Partners, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Explorer Albert Lin ventures into the Guatemalan jungle to explore how a new high-tech treasure map is revealing tens of thousands of ancient ruins. Dozens of archaeologists head out on a voyage of discovery, exploring lost ruins for the first time in 1,500 years. What they're finding is rewriting the history of one of the world's most mysterious ancient civilizations."--Container.
Author
Series
Mesopotamian trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
John Madison is a Turkish-American art dealer raised by his much older brother, Samuel, a mover and shaker in New York's art world. Caught between his brother's obsession with saving a priceless relic looted from Iraq's National Museum and a deadly game of revenge staged by his childhood friend, John must solve a puzzle to find the link between a modern-day witch and an ancient one.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an Imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Built in the fifteenth century and tucked away in the mountains of Peru, Machu Picchu was abandoned after the Spaniards conquered the Incan empire in the sixteenth century. It remained hidden until 1911 when Hiram Bingham uncovered the marvelous complex and shared his discovery with the world. Today, hundreds of thousands of people visit the site to climb the 3,000 stone steps, explore the towering monuments, and see the numerous species that call...
Author
Publisher
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The gripping story of the trailblazing Zelia Nuttall, whose decoding of Aztec cosmology, rigorous fieldwork, and passion for collecting helped shape our understanding of Mexico's pre-Columbian past"--
72) Before the flood: the biblical flood as a real event and how it changed the course of civilization
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
75) Uneasy relations
Author
Series
Gideon Oliver mysteries volume 15
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Buried ceremoniously, high in a cave, lies the skeleton of a human woman, clutching the skeleton of a part-human, part-Neanderthal child. Fascinated, Professor Oliver jumps at the chance to attend a conference near there. But two deaths, possibly murders, have rocked Gibraltar. As Oliver tries to piece things together, he's about to fall for some deadly tricks. After all, unlike the Gibraltar Boy, he's only human.
78) Stonehenge
Author
Series
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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