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Author
Series
Publisher
Worthy Publications
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Archeologist 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...
123) When I wake
Author
Series
Publisher
Wheeler Pub
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Veronica Coleridge seeks the mask of the Storm Mother, and recruits Dugan Gallagher boat owner to help in the search. Together they battle the elements and fall in love.
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"--
Author
Publisher
Cumberland House
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
After an attack that leaves Lindsay with some amnesia, she travels to the edge of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to join a dig that's troubled by argumentative crew members, a director who doesn't like Lindsay, suspicions regarding the murder of a local resident, and lodgings in a haunted house.
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The 1931 excavation season at Olynthus, Greece, changed how archaeologists study material culture, and was the nexus of one of the most egregious cases of plagiarism in the history of classical archaeology. Kaiser draws on the private scrapbook that budding archaeologist Mary Ross Ellingson compiled during that dig, and recounts how the unearthing of private homes emerged as a means to examine the day-to-day of ancient life in Greece. He shows that...
Author
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Takes readers through the life story of influential English archaeologist and traveler Gertrude Bell. Bell explored what is now the Middle East and played a significant role in the creation of modern Iraq. Historical facts, images, and high-interest information are presented in a tabloid-style to engage readers in an accessible way. Topics include Bell's work in archaeology, her mountain summits, and her role in World War One."--Provided by publisher....
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"A portrait in her own words of the female Lawrence of Arabia. One of the great woman adventurers of the twentieth century and the chief architect of British policy in the Middle East after World War I, Gertrude Bell turned her back on Victorian society to study at Oxford and travel the world. Mountaineer, archaeologist, Arabist, writer, poet, linguist, and spy, she dedicated her life to championing the Arab cause and was instrumental in drawing the...
131) Letters from Baghdad: the extraordinary journey of Gertrude Bell, the female "Lawrence of Arabia"
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Gertrude Bell is sometimes called the female Lawrence of Arabia. Bell was an explorer, spy, archaeologist, and diplomat who helped shape the Middle East after World War I. Advisor to Winston Churchill and critic of colonial policies in Iraq, Bell was considered the most powerful woman in the British Empire in her day. The film takes viewers into a past that is eerily current. Why has Bell been written out of the history she helped make?" --
Author
Publisher
Ediciones B
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
"Un joven arqueólogo viaja a las islas Chatham de Nueva Zelanda. Descubre una talla desgastada de origen desconocido en los dibujos de árboles históricos de Moriori. Un misterio que tiene lugar hace casi 200 años. En ese momento, el joven Moriori Kimi experimenta la invasión de su país y los maoríes son esclavizados. Cuando Kimi se da cuenta de que sus dioses no la protegen, finalmente toma su destino en sus propias manos y lucha por su libertad,...
133) Queen of the desert
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A true story of a trailblazing woman who found freedom in the faraway world of the Middle East. Gertrude Bell chafes against the stifling rigidity of life in turn-of-the-century England, leaving it behind for a chance to travel to Tehran. So begins her lifelong adventure across the Arab world, a journey marked by danger, a passionate affair with a British officer, and an encounter with the legendary T.E. Lawrence.
Author
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Following her time in the clutches of Darth Vader, Doctor Aphra has barely escaped with her life. If he ever learns of her survival, he'll hunt her to the ends of the galaxy. But for now, it's time for a return to what she does best. With the droids 0-0-0 and BT-1 in tow, she's off in search of rare artifacts from the galactic center to the Outer Rim and everywhere in between. Aphra's got debts to pay after all. Just as long as she can stay one step...
Author
Series
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The rogue archaeologist returns - with a new crew and a new mission! With the Rebel Alliance on the run after their defeat at the Battle of Hoth, it's never been a more dangerous time for outlaws and scoundrels. But after a string of bad luck and near escapes, Doctor Aphra is back on the job - hunting the score of a lifetime that's too good to pass up. To find the cursed Rings of Vaale, Aphra will need a crew of treasure hunters the likes of which...
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