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Finders keepers : a tale of archaeological plunder and obsession
Childs, Craig
Paper Book
To whom does the past belong? Is the archeologist who discovers a lost tomb a sort of hero -- or a villain? If someone steals a relic from a museum and returns it to the ruin it came from, is she a thief? Written in his trademark lyrical style, Craig Childs's riveting new book is a...
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The riddle of the labyrinth : the quest to crack an ancient code
Fox, Margalit
Paper Book
In the tradition of Simon Winchester and Dava Sobel, The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code tells one of the most intriguing stories in the history of language, masterfully blending history, linguistics, and cryptology with an elegantly wrought narrative. ...
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The lost city of Z : a tale of deadly obsession in the Amazon
Grann, David.
Paper Book
A grand mystery reaching back centuries. A sensational disappearance that made headlines around the world. A quest for truth that leads to death, madness or disappearance for those who seek to solve it. The Lost City of Z is a blockbuster adventure narrative about what lies beneath the...
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Lives in ruins : archaeologists and the seductive lure of human rubble
Johnson, Marilyn
Paper Book
Finding Life in Ruins Jump into a battered Indiana Jones-style Jeep with the intrepid Marilyn Johnson and head down bone-rattling roads in search of those who dig up the past. Johnson, the author of two acclaimed books about quirky subcultures-The Dead Beat (about obituary...
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Four lost cities : a secret history of the urban age
Newitz, Annalee
Paper Book
Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR A quest to explore some of the most spectacular ancient cities in human history--and figure out why people abandoned them. In Four Lost Cities, acclaimed science journalist Annalee Newitz takes readers on an entertaining and...
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Empress of the Nile : the daredevil archaeologist who saved Egypt's ancient temples from destruction
Olson, Lynne
Paper Book
New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * The remarkable story of the intrepid French archaeologist who led the international effort to save ancient Egyptian temples from the floodwaters of the Aswan Dam, by the New York Times bestselling author of Madame Fourcade's Secret War...
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Archaeology from space : how the future shapes our past
Parcak, Sarah H.
Paper Book
Winner of Archaeological Institute of America's Felicia A. Holton Book Award * Winner of the Phi Beta Kappa Prize for Science * An Amazon Best Science Book of 2019 * A Science Friday Best Science Book of 2019 * A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of...
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The lost city of the Monkey God : a true story
Preston, Douglas J.
Paper Book
The #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller, named one of the best books of the year by The Boston Globe and National Geographic: acclaimed journalist Douglas Preston takes readers on a true adventure deep into the Honduran rainforest in this riveting narrative about the discovery of...
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Children of ash and elm : a history of the Vikings
Price, Neil S.
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The definitive history of the Vikings -- from arts and culture to politics and cosmology -- by a distinguished archaeologist with decades of expertise The Viking Age -- from 750 to 1050 -- saw an unprecedented expansion of the...
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