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Secrets of the sands: the revelations of Egypt's everlasting oasis
By Harry Thurston. 2004
Award-winning science writer recounts the discovery yield from archaeologists' thirty-year excavation of Egypt's Dakhleh Oasis. Thurston, who joined the dig…
in 1987, cites remains from nearly half a million years of habitation including Egyptian and Roman cultures, as well as evidence of human relationships with a changing environment. 2003Journalist chronicles scuba divers John Chatterton's and Richie Kohler's 1991 discovery of a sunken World War II German U-boat off…
the New Jersey coast. Describes their perilous six-year search in the 230-foot-deep sunken wreck for clues to identify the submarine and its crew. Strong language. Bestseller. 2004History of the Spartans in southern Greece from around 1100 B.C. to their demise one thousand years later. Focuses on…
480-360 B.C. spanning Sparta's repulse of Persian invaders, wars with Athens, and decline as a significant power. Studies the prominent role of women, training of warriors, important kings, and Sparta's influence on western civilization. 2002The Parthenon (Wonders of the World Ser. #1)
By Mary Beard. 2003
A concise, lively history of the famed Greek temple. Classicist Mary Beard examines the building's construction in the fifth century…
B.C. and its subsequent roles as a Byzantine cathedral, Ottoman mosque, iconic ruin, and modern tourist destination. Also discusses its gradual degradation, twentieth-century restoration efforts, and tips for prospective visitors. 2002Alfred Maudslay and the Maya: a biography
By Ian Graham. 2002
Chronicles the life and work of this English gentleman and explorer (1850-1931). Drawing on Maudslay's field notes, published works, and…
family materials, Graham reconstructs his background, schooling, and personal life while highlighting the historical significance of his expeditions to study pre-Columbian ruins of Central America. 2002Excavating Jesus: beneath the stones, behind the texts
By Jonathan L. Reed, John Dominic Crossan, Jonathan L Reed. 2002
Author of Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography (DB 56275) and archaeologist Reed integrate findings of major digs and critical textual interpretations…
to reconstruct the life and times of Jesus. Highlighting key artifact and scripture discoveries (including the Dead Sea Scrolls), Crossan and Reed explore the society and customs of an ancient culture. 2001Raising La Belle (Professor Wigglestix and the Weather Ser.)
By Mark Mitchell. 2002
Account of the 1995-1996 discovery and excavation of the sunken La Belle, the prized ship of seventeeth-century French explorer Robert…
Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, off the Texas coast. Includes historical information on Fort St. Louis, a French settlement in Texas founded by La Salle and destroyed by massacre in 1688. For grades 5-8. 2002Sacred geography: a tale of murder and archeology in the Holy Land
By Edward Fox. 2001
When sixty-seven-year-old American archeologist Albert Glock was murdered in 1992 in the West Bank, he was close to publishing a…
book on his lifework--excavating a site establishing historic Palestinian roots. A journalist investigates why he might have been killed. 2001Freedom roads: searching for the Underground Railroad
By Joyce Hansen, James Ransome, Gary McGowan. 2003
Explains the difficulty of finding factual evidence about secret activities conducted more than a hundred years ago to help runaway…
slaves escape to freedom. Discusses research at several archaeological sites and written records in legal codes and household accounts to trace the history of the Underground Railroad. For grades 5-8. 2003Route 66 A.D: on the trail of ancient Roman tourists
By Tony Perrottet. 2002
Armed with history's oldest surviving guidebook, an Australian travel writer retraces tour routes of the first people to enjoy safe…
and easy recreational travel around their empire. Blending historical anecdotes, personal encounters, and commentary on the culture of tourism, Perrottet and his companion journey through Italy, Greece, Turkey, and Egypt. 2002The sea hunters II: More True Adventures with Famous Shipwrecks
By Clive Cussler, Craig Dirgo. 2002
In this sequel to The Sea Hunters (DB 43934), the author and his colleagues from the National Underwater and Marine…
Agency, a nonprofit group that searches for shipwrecks of historical significance, continue their adventures. Among the wrecks they seek are French explorer La Salle's flagship, Civil War ironclads, and PT-109. 2002Who came first: new clues to prehistoric Americans
By Patricia Lauber. 2003
Presents recent discoveries about the first settlers in North and South America--how they traveled and from what continents. Discusses the…
Kennewick Man, the Clovis culture of 13,500 years ago, and carbon-14 dating, among other topics. For grades 4-7. 2003Among stone giants: the life of Katherine Routledge and her remarkable expedition to Easter Island
By JoAnne Van Tilburg, Jo Anne Van Tilburg. 2003
Archaeologist chronicles the life and work of English explorer Katherine Routledge (1866-1935), reconstructing her early rebellion against Victorian constraints, the…
pioneering 1913 expedition, and her struggles with mental illness. Highlights her contributions to the study of the island's enormous stone heads and other remnants of a civilization. 2003Bodies from the bog
By James M. Deem, James M Deem. 1998
Discusses the discovery of human bodies, often more than one thousand years old, preserved in bogs in northern Europe. Explains…
what scientists learn from bog bodies about the individuals and their everyday lives and about the early civilizations of which they were a part. For grades 5-8. 1998Discovering the Inca Ice Maiden: my adventures on Ampato (My Adventures Ser.)
By Johan Reinhard. 1998
An American anthropologist and mountain climber describes his 1995 discovery of the ice mummy of a fourteen-year-old girl on Mount…
Ampato in Peru. Discusses the difficulties in transporting the five-hundred-year-old frozen remains and explains what scientists learned from examining them. For grades 5-8. 1998Valley of the golden mummies
By Zahi Hawass, Zahi A Hawass. 2000
Egyptian archaeologist relates the 1999 discovery at the Bahariya Oasis of 105 complete mummies, some gilded, dating from the Greco-Roman…
period. Provides a firsthand report of the excavation and a history of mummification. Discusses the historical context of the find and its likely contribution to knowledge of the era. 2000. 2000Ancient horsemen of Siberia (Time Travelers Ser. #8)
By Janet Buell. 1998
Describes the excavation of a 2,500 year-old burial mound in southern Siberia where horses' corpses and the undisturbed tomb of…
a Pazyryk woman were discovered. From these and similar remains, Russian archaeologists are learning about the culture of the horse-loving Pazyryk people. For grades 6-9. 1998Bones: discovering the first Americans
By Elaine Dewar. 2002
A Canadian investigative journalist reassesses the origins of human habitation in the Americas. While anthropologists claim that Asians crossing the…
Bering Strait were the first arrivals, Dewar finds evidence in ancient remains that the Native American contention to have always been here may be nearer the truth. 2001Raising the Hunley: the remarkable history and recovery of the lost Confederate submarine
By Brian Hicks, Schuyler Kropf. 2002
Authors describe an underwater archaeological expedition off the South Carolina coast leading to the recovery of a Civil War submarine…
missing since 1864. Traces the history of the vessel and describes how its find contributes to knowledge of its last encounter with a Union battleship. 2002Ancient encounters: Kennewick Man and the first Americans
By James C Chatters, James C. Chatters. 2001
Discussion of the anthropological and legal debate surrounding the 1996 discovery of 9,500-year-old skeletal remains in Kennewick, Washington. The bones…
have provoked controversy between the scientists who hope to investigate their origins and local Native Americans who claim ancestral reburial rights. 2001