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Series
Sigma Force novels volume 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Two years after vanishing into the Sudanese desert, the leader of a British archeological expedition, Professor Harold McCabe, comes stumbling out of the sands, frantic and delirious, but he dies before he can tell his story. The mystery deepens when an autopsy uncovers a bizarre corruption: someone had begun to mummify the professor's body--while he was still alive. His strange remains are returned to London for further study, when alarming news...
62) Did Greek soldiers really hide inside the Trojan horse?: and other questions about the ancient world
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Egyptians made their pet cats into mummies. The Greeks invented the idea of going to school. Julius Caesar's last words were "Et tu, Brute?" You may have heard these common sayings or beliefs before. But are they really true? Can they be proven through research? Let's investigate seventeen statements about the ancient world and find out which ones are right, which ones are wrong, and which ones stump even the experts! Find out whether the Romans ate...
Author
Series
Secret agent Jack Stalwart volume 14
Publisher
Weinstein Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The Global Protection Force refused to share any details with Jack about his brother's whereabouts, but on two previous missions, Jack had collected clues that pointed to Max being in Egypt. Now Jack has reason to believe that King Tut's diadem--a crown thought to have magical powers--is the cause of Max's disappearance. Can Jack prevent an ancient and terrible curse of the pharaohs from wreaking havoc and finally save Max?
Author
Series
Magic tree house fact trackers volume 3
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
68) Infidel
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Kidnapped while attending a religious conference in the Middle East, American journalist Doug Rawlins is a hostage of the Iranian regime on trial for trumped-up charges of espionage. With no help from her State Department connections, Doug's wife Liz decides to take matters into her own hands to find her husband and bring him home. Inspired by true events and, Infidel casts light on the plight of the Americans currently held captive in Iran.
Author
Series
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
In first-century-AD Rome, during the reign of Vespasian, Marcus Didius Falco works as a private "informer," often for the emperor, ferreting out hidden truths and bringing villains to ground. But even informers take vacations with their wives, so in AD 77, Falco and his wife, Helena Justina, with others in tow, travel to Alexandria, Egypt. But they aren't there long before Falco finds himself in the midst of nefarious doings—when the librarian
...Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Anne Beddingfeld wants more than the humdrum routine of the workaday world. She counteracts this by stepping out of the Cairo Airport and into a world of stolen diamonds, secret messages, criminal masterminds, spies and sudden death.
75) Gods of Egypt
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
In this spectacular action-adventure inspired by the classic mythology of Egypt, the survival of mankind hangs in the balance as an unexpected mortal hero Bek undertakes a thrilling journey to save the world and rescue his true love. In order to succeed, he must enlist the help of the powerful god Horus in an unlikely alliance against Set, the merciless god of darkness, who has usurped Egypt's throne, plunging the once peaceful and prosperous empire...
Author
Publisher
Tordotcom
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Nebula, Locus, and Alex Award-winner P. Dj�elai Clark returns to his popular alternate Cairo universe for his fantasy novel debut, A Master of Djinn Cairo, 1912: Though Fatma el-Sha'arawi is the youngest woman working for the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities, she's certainly not a rookie, especially after preventing the destruction of the universe last summer. So when someone murders a secret brotherhood dedicated to...
Author
Language
English
Description
Antony and Cleopatra (1607) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. Inspired by Thomas North's translation of Plutarch's Lives-a series of biographies on influential figures of the ancient world-Shakespeare wrote Antony and Cleopatra sometime between 1599 and 1601. Often considered a sequel of sorts to his earlier play Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra has served as source material for countless film and television adaptations. "Let Rome in Tiber melt,...
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Contains three story paths which allow the reader to explore what life was like in ancient Egypt, and follows Cleopatra and Mark Antony into battle against Octavian in 31 BC, and depicts workers building the pyramids in 2550 BC and painting tombs in the Valley of the Kings in 1320 BC. Includes a time line and a list of additional resources.
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