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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Discover all the mysteries, facts, and discoveries about skeletons that are creepy-and true-in the much-anticipated companion to Mummies Exposed! and Ghosts Unveiled! The Creepy and True series explores strange phenomena, fun facts, and out of the ordinary discoveries. Have you ever wondered what lies beneath our feet? Bones have a story to tell-and not always a happy one. Bones Unearthed!, book 3 of the Creepy and True series, investigates remarkable...
Publisher
Smithsonian Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
576 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Epic in scope, yet filled with detail, this illustrated guide takes readers through the whole of our human past. Spanning the dawn of human civilization through the present, it provides a tour of every site of key archaeological importance. From the prehistoric cave paintings of Lascaux to Tutankhamun's tomb, from the buried city of Pompeii to China's Terracotta Army, all of the world's most iconic sites and discoveries are here. So too are...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Footprints on cave floors. Fingerprints on clay pots. A tiny horse made from lead. Archaeologist Lois Miner Huey pieces together these clues to show readers the lives of children from long ago--Provided by publisher.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Archaeological finds add to our understanding of the world. This book showcases six discoveries made that changed the way we view history through recent advances in science. Discoveries include new clues about life in the Stone Age gleaned from �tzi the Ice Man, the extent of the lost city of Angkor through the use of drones, and King Richard III's villainous reputation deduced from the discovery of his long-lost tomb, Digging Deep is full of...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Africa does not give up its secrets easily. Buried there lie answers about the origins of humankind. And yet, though vital clues still remain hidden, scientists have over the last century transformed our understanding about the beginnings of human life. In Born in Africa, Martin Meredith follows scientists' trail of discoveries about human origins, recounting their intense rivalry, personal feuds, and fierce controversies as well as their feats of...
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A thrilling history of the West's scramble for the riches of ancient Egypt by the foremost Egyptologist of our time. From the decipherment of hieroglyphics in 1822 to the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon a hundred years later, the uncovering of Egypt's ancient past took place in an atmosphere of grand adventure and international rivalry. In A World Beneath the Sands, the acclaimed Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson chronicles...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
xiv, 289 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"From renowned underwater archaeologist David Gibbins comes an exciting and rich narrative of human history told through the archaeological discoveries of twelve shipwrecks across time. The Viking warship of King Cnut the Great. Henry VIII's the Mary Rose. Captain John Franklin's doomed HMS Terror. The SS Gairsoppa, destroyed by a Nazi U-boat in the Atlantic during World War II. Since we first set sail on the open sea, ships and their wrecks have...
Author
Series
Publisher
Neon Squid
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
151 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"What links shipwrecks, Egyptian treasure, and fossilized Viking poop? They're all things that have been discovered by archaeologists! Pick up your shovel and Indiana Jones hat and dig into the world of archaeology in this nonfiction kids' book by YouTuber Stefan Milosavljevich. Alongside beautiful illustrations by Sam Caldwell you'll find incredible tales from history, including: The ancient Egyptian city found at the bottom of the ocean The terracotta...
Author
Series
Contribution of the Chaco Center volume no. 4
Publisher
Cultural Resources Management Division, National Park Service, U.S. Dept. of the Interior : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off
Pub. Date
1977
Physical Desc
viii, 109 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Sigma
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
400 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Casting aside the cliche of the shivering ragged figure in an icy wasteland, this fascinating volume sheds new light on the Neanderthal and where they lived, what they ate and the increasingly complex Neanderthal culture that researchers have discovered.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
277 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A down-and-out so-and-so gets more than she bargained for when new technologies developed for use in space allow an anthropologist a new perspective on earth's ancient histories and new ways of coping with those"--
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A renowned marine biologist presents this extraordinary firsthand account of the discovery of Ernest Shackleton's Endurance--a century to the day after Shackleton's death--that captures the intrepid spirit that joins two mariners across the centuries, both of whom accomplished the impossible.
Author
Series
Proceedings volume no. 12
Publisher
Denver Museum of Natural History
Pub. Date
1966
Physical Desc
241 p. : ill., maps, tables, diagrs. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
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