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The painted queen / by Peters, Elizabeth,1927-2013,author.; Hess, Joan,author.;
"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"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Peabody, Amelia (Fictitious character); Emerson, Radcliffe (Fictitious character); Women archaeologists;
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Empress of the Nile : the daredevil archaeologist who saved Egypt's ancient temples from destruction / by Olson, Lynne,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In the 1960s, the world's attention was focused on a nail-biting race against time--an international campaign to save over a dozen ancient Egyptian temples, built during the height of the pharaohs' rule, from drowning in the floodwaters of the gigantic new Aswan High Dam. But the massive press coverage of this unprecedented rescue effort completely overlooked the feisty French archaeologist who made it all happen. Without the intervention of Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt, the temples--including the Met Museum's Temple of Dendur--would now be at the bottom of a gigantic reservoir. It was a project of unimaginable size and complexity that required the fragile sandstone temples to be dismantled, stone by stone, and rebuilt on higher ground. A willful, real-life version of Indiana Jones, Desroches-Noblecourt refused to be cowed by anyone or anything. As a brave member of the French Resistance in WWII she had survived imprisonment by the Nazis; in her fight to save the temples she had to face down two of the most daunting leaders of the postwar world, Egyptian President Abdel Nasser and French President Charles de Gaulle. As she told one reporter, "You don't get anywhere without a fight, you know." Yet Desroches-Noblecourt was not the only woman who played a crucial role in the endeavor. The other one was Jacqueline Kennedy, America's new First Lady, who persuaded her husband to call on Congress to help fund the rescue effort. After a century and a half of Western plunder of Egypt's ancient monuments, Desroches-Noblecourt had done the opposite. She had helped preserve a crucial part of its cultural heritage and, just as important, made sure it remained in its homeland"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Desroches-Noblecourt, Christiane, 1913-2011.; Archaeologists; Egyptologists;
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Indiana Jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull [videorecording] / by Allen, Karen,1951-actor.; Blanchett, Cate,1969-actor.; Broadbent, Jim,actor.; Ford, Harrison,1942-actor.; Hurt, John,1940-actor.; LaBeouf, Shia,1986-actor.; Lucas, George,1944-; Spielberg, Steven,1946-film director.; Winstone, Ray,1957-actor.; Lucasfilm, Ltd,production company.; Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.; Paramount Pictures Corporation,presenter.;
Director of photography, Janusz Kaminski ; editor, Michael Kahn ; music, John Williams ; costume designers, Bernie Pollack, Mary Zophres ; production designer, Guy Hendrix Dyas.Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Karen Allen, Shia LaBeouf, Ray Winstone, John Hurt, Jim Broadbent.Indy tries to outrace a brilliant and beautiful agent for the mystical, all-powerful Crystal Skull of Akator. Teaming up with a rebellious young biker and his spirited love Marion, Indy takes you on a breathtaking, action-packed adventure.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Archaeologists; Fathers and sons; Human-alien encounters; Jones, Indiana (Fictitious character);
For private home use only.
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The collector's daughter : a novel of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb / by Paul, Gill,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.Gill Paul returns with a brilliant novel about Lady Evelyn Herbert, the woman who took the very first step into the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, and who lived in the real Downton Abbey, Highclere Castle, and the long after-effects of the Curse of Pharaohs.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Tutankhamen, King of Egypt; Blessing and cursing; Archaeologists; Fathers and daughters;
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Dead mountain / by Preston, Douglas J.,author.; Child, Lincoln,author.;
PREVIOUS BOOK IN SERIES: DIABLO MESA, ISBN 9781538736753. In this fourth entry of the 'Nora Kelly' series, FBI Agent Corrie Swanson teams up with archaeologist Nora Kelly to investigate what really happened to eight mountaineers that disappeared 15 years ago - and to find the ninth victim. But their search awakens a long-slumbering evil determined to prevent the final missing corpse from ever coming to light.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation; Archaeologists; Mountains; Murder; Women archaeologists;
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Dead mountain [text (large print)] / by Preston, Douglas J.,author.; Child, Lincoln,author.;
PREVIOUS BOOK IN SERIES: DIABLO MESA, ISBN 9781538710142. In this fourth entry of the 'Nora Kelly' series, FBI Agent Corrie Swanson teams up with archaeologist Nora Kelly to investigate what really happened to eight mountaineers that disappeared 15 years ago - and to find the ninth victim. But their search awakens a long-slumbering evil determined to prevent the final missing corpse from ever coming to light.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Large print books.; Novels.; United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation; Archaeologists; Mountains; Murder; Women archaeologists;
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Dead mountain [sound recording] / by Preston, Douglas J.,author.; Farrell, Cynthia,narrator.; Child, Lincoln,author.; Hachette Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Cynthia Farrell.In 2008, nine mountaineers failed to return from a winter backpacking trip in the New Mexico mountains. At their last campsite, searchers found a bizarre scene: something had appeared at the door of their tent so terrifying that it impelled them to slash their way out and flee barefoot to certain death in a blizzard. Despite a diligent search, only six bodies were found, two violently crushed and inexplicably missing body parts. The case, given the code name "Dead Mountain" by the FBI, was never solved. Now, two more bodies from the lost expedition are unexpectedly discovered in a cave, one a grisly suicide. Young FBI Agent Corrie Swanson teams up with archaeologist Nora Kelly to investigate what really happened on that fateful trip fifteen years ago--and to find the ninth victim. But their search awakens a long-slumbering evil, which pursues Corrie and Nora with a vengeance, determined to prevent the final missing corpse from ever coming to light.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Novels.; Thrillers (Fiction); United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation; Archaeologists; Mountains; Murder; Women archaeologists;
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The ark : a novel / by Morrison, Boyd(Hugh Boyd) ,1967-;
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Antiquities; Archaeologists; Missing persons; Noah's ark;
© c2010., Simon & Schuster,
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Hope's enduring echo : a novel / by Sawyer, Kim Vogel,author.;
"A charming historical romance about two young people whose discovery of fossilized bones leads to a love that echoes through the ages-from the bestselling author of The Songbird of Hope Hill"--
Subjects: Christian fiction.; Religious fiction.; Novels.; Archaeologists; Fathers and daughters; Friendship; Man-woman relationships;
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The mystery of the Aztec tomb / by Sutton, Laurie.; Neely, Scott.;
When Scooby-Doo and the gang arrive at Professor Dinkley's archaeological dig in Mexico, they find Velma's uncle missing, and the workers terrified of chupacabras and Aztec gods--and the reader must help them solve the mystery.LSC
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Plot-your-own stories.; Radio and television novels.; Scooby-Doo (Fictitious character); Great Dane; Aztecs; Archaeologists;
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