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64) Atlantis: the Andes solution : the discovery of South America as the legendary continent of Atlantis
Author
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
ix, 173 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.
Description
The ancient city of Atlantis was lost after being devastated by floods and earthquakes about 9000BC according to Plato. He wrote of its magnificence and described its geographical location in great detail.
Author
Series
Civilization of the American Indian volume 131
Pub. Date
[1975]
Physical Desc
xviii, 468 p. illus. 23 x 26 cm.
67) Among stone giants: the life of Katherine Routledge and her remarkable expedition to Easter Island
Author
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
xvi, 351 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., 1 map ; 24 cm.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
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Series
Sandsea trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
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Description
"Loulie al-Nazari is the Midnight Merchant: a criminal who, with the help of her jinn bodyguard, hunts and sells illegal magic. When she saves the life of a cowardly prince, she draws the attention of his powerful father, the sultan, who blackmails her into finding an ancient lamp that has the power to revive the barren land--at the cost of sacrificing all jinn. With no choice but to obey or be executed, Loulie journeys with the sultan's oldest son...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
12 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (189 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Description
"The dramatic terrain of South America is one of the great and thrilling frontiers of archaeology. Buried by the centuries on soaring mountain slopes and beneath arid deserts and lush jungles, the remains of extraordinary, majestic civilizations-- many completely unknown until recent decades-- are now coming to light and raising tantalizing questions about what else may be awaiting discovery. These newly uncovered sites, as well as previously known...
74) The Jesus family tomb: the discovery, the investigation, and the evidence that could change history
Author
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
xiv, 218 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 24 cm.
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Formats
Description
When Oxford archeologist Mensun Bound-dubbed the "Indiana Jones of the Deep" by the Discovery Channel-teamed up with a financier to salvage a sunken trove of fifteenth-century porcelain, it seemed a dream enterprise. The Stakes were high: The Hoi An wreck lay hundreds of feet down in a typhoon-prone stretch of water off the coast of Vietnam known as the Dragon Sea. Raising its contents required saturation diving, a crew of 160, and a fleet of boats....
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Series
Egyptian series (Wilbur A. Smith) volume 2
Pub. Date
1996
Physical Desc
742 pages ; 19 cm.
Description
Discovering the possible whereabouts of the lavish crypt belonging to the Egyptian Pharaoh Mamose, Egyptologist Royan Al Simma and Sir Nicholas Quention-Harper begin a desperate race against greedy assassins.
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