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Dragon Sea: a true tale of treasure, archeology, and greed off the coast of Vietnam
Par Frank Pope. 2007
Maritime archeologist chronicles the excavation of a fifteenth-century shipwreck believed to contain golden-age Vietnamese pottery. Details dive and surface operations…
and the efforts of Chinese businessman Ong Soo Hin, Oxford University's Mensun Bound, and the author himself (a project manager) to salvage, preserve, and identify the relics. 2007Outside and inside mummies
Par Sandra Markle. 2005
Markle shows what cutting-edge technology--CT scans, electron microscopes, and computer imaging--reveals about the lives of humans who died centuries ago.…
Explains how scientists determine age, gender, genetic makeup, and cause of death in mummies from Egypt as well as from South America and Europe. For grades 4-7. 2005Bodies from the ash: Life and Death in Ancient Pompeii
Par James M. Deem. 2005
Relates archaeologists' discovery of what happened when Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying Pompeii in A.D. 79. Covers the sequence of volcanic…
events that caused the disappearance of the city, as well as the initial excavations, the unearthing of skeletal remains, and the modern status of the site. For grades 4-7. 2005The Incas and their ancestors: the archaeology of Peru
Par Michael E. Moseley. 2001
A general introduction to the history and civilization of the Incan Empire, based on archaeological evidence and research. Discusses the…
cultural practices of ancient Peru: mummification of the dead and other burial customs, Andean agriculture, Nazca line drawings, architecture, weaving, and ceramics. 2001Jamestown, the buried truth: The Buried Truth
Par William M. Kelso. 2006
Lead archaeologist at the Jamestown, Virginia, dig describes what his team has unearthed at the oldest permanent English settlement in…
the New World, first settled in 1607. Examines grave sites and refuse that includes skeletons, glass, and armor. Reveals how scientific techniques help explain daily life of the past. 20061491: new revelations of the Americas before Columbus
Par Charles C. Mann. 2005
Offers conclusions from anthropological and archaeological research about the western hemisphere before European exploration. Examines the evidence of a large…
indigenous population and the ecological impact the people had on the environment through crop modification, landscaping, and farming the rainforest. Discusses the rise and fall of Indian empires. Bestseller. 2005Secrets of the sands: the revelations of Egypt's everlasting oasis
Par 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. 2004The Spartans: the world of the warrior-heroes of ancient Greece, from utopia to crisis and collapse
Par Paul Cartledge. 2003
History 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)
Par 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
Par 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
Par 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.)
Par 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
Par 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
Par 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
Par 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
Par 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
Par 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
Par 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
Par 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. 1998