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Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2007], c1998
Edition
[Full screen ed.].
Language
English
Description
When famous archaeologist John Shannon goes missing deep in the African Sahara, his daughter Diane, working in the secret archives of the Vatican, desperately searches for the answers she needs to find him again. Partnering with Dr. Neal Hogan, Diance begins her search for the Tower of the Firstborn, said to house one of Christianity's greatest unsolved mysteries, and hopefully the key to her father's whereabouts. But Diane and Neal are not the only...
Author
Series
Amelia Peabody mysteries volume 18
Language
English
Description
Once again the bestselling master of suspense, Elizabeth Peters, brings an exotic world of adventure, intrigue, and danger to vivid life, in a tale as exciting, mysterious, and powerful as ancient Egypt. A unique treasure obtained by unscrupulous means, the small gold statuette of an unidentified Egyptian king is a priceless relic from a bygone era. But more than history surrounds the remarkable artifact-for it is said that early death will come to...
Author
Series
Amelia Peabody mysteries volume 11
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Formats
Description
Readers have long wondered what befell the Emerson clan during the years before the Great War. Now, at last, the silence is broken and the truth revealed of a perilous journey to a secret and mysterious place hidden deep in the heart of the unforgiving desert. An adventure prompted by loyalty to an endangered friend -- and spurred on by lies and treachery -- it leads Amelia Peabody and her intrepid family into a nest of vipers lying in wait at a remote...
26) Empire of gold
Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
While working with Interpol investigating smuggled artifacts, archaeologist Nina Wilde and her husband, Eddie Chase, get close to the mythical city of El Dorado and may have to sacrifice everything to solve the mystery of this legend.
27) Island of glass
Author
Series
Guardians trilogy (Nora Roberts) volume 3
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"The final Guardians Trilogy novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Bay of Sighs and Stars of Fortune. As the hunt for the Star of Ice leads the six guardians to Ireland, Doyle, the immortal, must face his tragic past. Three centuries ago, he closed off his heart, yet his warrior spirit is still drawn to the wild. And there's no one more familiar with the wild than Riley--and the wolf within her... An archaeologist, Riley is no stranger...
Author
Series
Time novels (Nancy Campbell Allen) volume 3
Publisher
Covenant Communications
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
29) The sacred vault
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
Bantam Books mass market ed.
Language
English
Description
When the Talonor Codex, a great Atlantean explorer's account of his travels, is stolen, it becomes clear that the thefts form only part of the raiders' ultimate plan. Witnesses to the latest daring robbery, archaeologist Nina Wilde and former SAS soldier Eddie Chase are forced into a treacherous hunt across the world to discover the vault before its secrets fall into dangerous hands. The vault's prize is a treasure beyond price, but it may also be...
Author
Series
Amelia Peabody mysteries volume 20
Language
English
Description
"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"--
Author
Series
Nora Kelly novels (Preston & Child) volume 2
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A mummified corpse, over half a century old, is found in the cellar of an abandoned building in a remote New Mexico ghost town. Junior FBI Agent Corrie Swanson needs to ID the body, and determine cause of death. When archaeologist Nora Kelly lends her expertise to the investigation, they uncover that the deceased died in a fetal position, skin coming off in sheets, a rictus of horror frozen on his face. And hidden on the corpse is a sixteenth century...
32) The last Templar
Publisher
Genius Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Widescreen [ed.].
Language
English
Description
An archaeologist discovers that a missing ancient decoder is linked to the Knights Templar, and together with the help of an FBI agent, tries to find the stolen artifact before it falls into the wrong hands.
33) The whisper
Author
Series
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2011], c2010
Language
English
Description
After surviving a brutal attack in Ireland, archaeologist Sophie Malone discovers that the fabled Celtic treasure she has been searching for is now in the hands of a serial killer who is using ancient rituals to satisfy a lust for violence--a discovery that causes her to become the prime suspect in a murder investigation.
Author
Series
Publisher
Beeler Large Print
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Archaeologist Emma Fielding encounters murder and mystery on the site of an old English Abbey in this second "rip-snorting good mystery" (Aaron Elkins) written by a real-life archaeologist.
Archaeologist Emma Fielding is beginning to doubt the wisdom of spending her summer vacation in England helping friends excavate a 12th-century abbey, especially after they uncover an all-too modern skeleton in the nearby medieval graveyard. But it's the second...
Author
Series
Emma Fielding novels volume 3
Publisher
Avon Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
[Book club ed.]
Language
English
36) The survivor
Author
Series
Publisher
Hachette Audio
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Unearthing the perfectly preserved body of a female warrior in Southeast Asia, archaeologist Riley Smith and Eve Duncan seek answers about this extraordinary past life, leading Riley to make a discovery that will change history--if she can survive long enough to share it with the world.
Traveling to an island in Southeast Asia, archaeologist Riley Smith is aware of the threat from treasure hunters who have no qualms about killing to get what they...
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