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Intrigued by a fragment of the anicent fairytale, "The doomed prince," and hoping to put a little romance back in their marriage, Amelia Peabody, the eminent Egyptologist, and her dashing husband Emerson head for Egypt. However, instead of rejuvenation, they discover a deadly plot when that are forced to confront their deadliest enemy. And so cunning is his scheme that Amelia might overlook-until it is too late-the truth about the mysterious cat called...
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2004
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The past's blood stains the present
The opportunity of a lifetime awaits archaeologist EmmaFielding in the Berkshire foothills of Western Massachusetts: the chance to study the eighteenth-century diary of Margaret Chandler, the accused witch and murderess whose home Emma excavated only months before. However, the three other Shrewsbury Foundation fellows she must share the premises with are a disturbingly odd bunch, and before too long one of them...
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[2002]
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The discovery of an early seventeenth-century settlement on the coast of Maine that could predate Jamestown could make the reputation of ambitious archaeologist Emma Fielding, but an all-too-recent corpse, followed by a second suspicious death, could destroy everything.
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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...
45) The Last Templar
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 22
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"In a hail of fire and flashing sword, as the burning city of Acre falls from the hands of the West in 1291, The Last Templar opens with a young Templar knight, his mentor, and a handful of others escaping to the sea carrying a mysterious chest entrusted to them by the Order's dying Grand Master. The ship vanishes without a trace." "In present day Manhattan, four masked horsemen dressed as Templar Knights emerge from Central Park and ride up the Fifth...
46) The pandora room
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Ben Walker novels volume 2
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2019.
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In one ancient variation on the myth of Pandora's Box, there were two jars, one for Pandora and one for her sister, Anesidora. One contained all the blessings of the gods, the other all the world's curses. Now, in a subterranean city in Northern Iraq, archaeologist Sophie Durand has discovered a secret chamber covered in writing that confirms that version of the tale--a chamber which contains a single jar. "Weird shit" expert Ben Walker joins Sophie's...
47) Thunderhead
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[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 23
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Archeologist Nora Kelly leads an expedition to Utah in search of Quivira, the fabled Indian City of Gold. With the aid of satellite photos the group retraces her missing father's footsteps and runs into monsters.
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2023.
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When the body of an archeology student, who went missing in 2002, is found during the renovation of a cafae, Dr. Ruth Galloway and DCI Nelson uncover a tangled web of relationships between the archeology group and the café.
"When builders discover a human skeleton while renovating a cǎf, they call in archaeologist Dr. Ruth Galloway, who is preoccupied with the threatened closure of her department and by her ever-complicated relationship with DCI...
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Faye Longchamp archaeological mysteries volume 10
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2017.
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A woman waits under five feet of dirt-a woman who is by now nothing but bones stained the deep red of Oklahoma clay. A delicate silver necklace, a handful of ancient pearls, and a priceless figurine rest with her. Twenty-nine years is a long time to wait for a proper burial. Faye Longchamp-Mantooth, who runs a small and shakily financed archaeological consulting firm with her husband, Joe, has come to Sylacauga so she and Joe can join his father,...
50) A baby's bones
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Sage Westfield volume 1
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"It was a secret burial. Maybe even murder..." Archaeologist Sage Westfield has been called in to excavate a sixteenth-century well, and expects to find little more than soil and the odd piece of pottery. But the disturbing discovery of the bones of a woman and newborn baby make it clear that she has stumbled onto an historical crime scene, one that is interwoven with an unsettling local legend of witchcraft and unrequited love. Yet there is more...
51) Hero under cover
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[2008]
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A fan favorite from New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Brockmann. When Pete Taylor first offers his services as a bodyguard, Annie Morgan wants nothingto do with him. She's sure that the death threats against her aren't serious. After all, while the artifact she's working on is valuable, it's certainly not worth killing for. Butafter someone does make an attempt on her life, Annie is glad to have Pete around. Sheowes him her life, and suddenly,...
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[2005]
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It's a deadly winter for archaeologist Emma Fielding as she tracks a killer in an old New Hampshire hotel, in this fifth mystery from real-life archaeologist Dana Cameron.
Archaeologist Emma Fielding should be on top of the world. Her teaching job secure and home life stable, she arrives at an archaeological conference at a famous old New Hampshire hotel, having outrun the winter storm that's paralysing the East Coast. A rising star in the field,...
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Dead Sea chronicles volume 2
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c2019.
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In Dead Sea Conspiracy, archaeologist Nicole Berman gets permission and secures funding for her controversial Saudi Arabian dig while grieving a personal tragedy. Nicole has more than a hunch that this dig may change history books forever. 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?
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Emma Fielding novels volume 3
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[2003]
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Now a film for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, starring Courtney Thorne-Smith and James Tupper!
What bones are buried in the shadows of the past?
Asked to join in a dig at the site of the eighteenth–century Chandler House, archaeologist Emma Fielding and her student crew have descended upon Stone Harbor, Massachusetts. But certain residents of the tiny coastal community are none too happy about Emma's arrival -- especially when her excavation uncovers...
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"Modern science and primordial supernatural powers collide as war rages in 1944. Struggling to decipher the contents of a sarcophagus from an Egyptian tomb, Lucas and Simone unwittingly release forces for both good and unmitigated evil. The fate of the world hangs on Professor Einstein's secret research and on Lucas's ability to defeat an unholy adversary"--
56) Night's landing
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From New York Times bestselling author Carla Neggers
Returning home means returning to danger in this immersive tale of action, intrigue, and romance.
Sarah Dunnemore has just returned to her family home in Tennessee when she gets news that her twin brother, Rob, has been seriously wounded in a sniper shooting in Central Park. She rushes to New York to be with him, only to come up against his no-nonsense partner.
Deputy U.S. Marshal Nate...
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It's one of history's most enduring and controversial legends--the lost city of Atlantis. Archaeologist Nina Wilde is certain she's solved the riddle of its whereabouts--and with the help of reclusive billionaire Kristian Frost, his beautiful daughter, Kari, and ex-SAS bodyguard Eddie Chase, she's about to make the most important discovery in centuries. But not everyone wants them to succeed: a powerful and mysterious organization will stop at nothing...
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AN ANCIENT WARRIOR. AN INCREDIBLE TREASURE. A LETHAL ENEMY. It's the opportunity of a lifetime-the chance to prove that a tomb containing the remains of the legendary hero Hercules actually exists. If American archaeologist Nina Wilde can locate it, it will be the most important historical find ever unearthed. But as Nina and her ex-SAS bodyguard, Eddie Chase, begin their search, it's clear that others want to find the tomb-and the unimaginable riches...
59) Empress of the Nile: the daredevil archaeologist who saved Egypt's ancient temples from destruction
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"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 In the 1960s, the world's attention was focused on a nail-biting race against time: Fifty countries contributed nearly a billion dollars to save a dozen ancient Egyptian temples, built during the height of the pharaohs'...
60) The Prophetess
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[1996]
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It is December 1999. In the Sinai Desert, archaeologist Catherine Alexander has unearthed six ancient papyrus scrolls that reveal vital secrets--secrets that the world's governments would give anything to possess. But even more important, the seventh scroll is missing--and it contains a secret of unfathomable power. In a race against Armageddon, Catherine must outwit the FBI, Vatican operatives, and a sinister millionaire--to find that parchment.
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