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Discovering the Inca Ice Maiden: my adventures on Ampato (My Adventures Ser.)
Par 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
Par 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)
Par 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
Par 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
Par 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
Par 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. 2001The mummies of Ürümchi
Par E. J. W Barber, Elizabeth Wayland Barber. 1999
Archaeologist and textile expert discusses the mysteries of the well-preserved Caucasian mummies found in western China. With few artifacts other…
than clothing to aid her, Barber deduces much about the mummies' sheepherding culture and connections to Europe and the Middle East. 1999The forbidden City (Images of Asia)
Par May Holdsworth. 1998
Chronicle of the history, architecture, daily life, treasures, and ceremonies of the imperial palace, called the Forbidden City, in Peking…
(now Beijing), China. Built in 1420 during the Ming dynasty, the capital of the celestial empire housed the emperor, his concubines, and eunuchs. 1998Mummies of the pharaohs: exploring the Valley of the Kings
Par Melvin Berger. 2001
Introduces some of the rulers of ancient Egypt and their thousands-of-years-old burial places. Explains how archaeologist Howard Carter found the…
tomb of the boy king Tutankhamun in 1922 in the Valley of the Kings. Discusses the history of the site and other pharaohs discovered there. For grades 4-7. 2001. For grades 4-7. 2001Sacred monkey river: a canoe trip with the gods
Par Christopher Shaw. 2000
During a raft, boat, and kayak expedition, Shaw explores the Usumacinta River at the Guatemalan and Mexican border, homeland of…
the ancient Mayas. He combines anthropological and historical knowledge of the area with vivid details of his contact with rebel soldiers, other travelers, drug smugglers, and dangerous river rapids. 2000Iceman: uncovering the life and times of a prehistoric man found in an alpine glacier
Par Brenda Fowler. 2000
A journalist reports the major archeological discovery of a five-thousand-year-old corpse with a cache of artifacts on the Austrian-Italian border.…
Discusses the mixture of scientific research and conjecture surrounding this find and the political squabble over ownership. 2000The mummy congress: science, obsession, and the everlasting dead
Par Heather Anne Pringle, Heather Pringle. 2001
After attending a World Congress on Mummy Studies in Arica, Chile, journalist Pringle visits mummy experts worldwide. She discusses what…
ancient corpses--from Egypt, Denmark, Italy, China, Japan, and elsewhere--reveal to the living scientists who probe, dissect, and collect them. 2001The Masada myth: collective memory and mythmaking in Israel
Par Nachman Ben-Yehuda. 1995
An Israeli sociologist examines historical records about the mass suicide at Masada in A.D. 73 and compares the facts with…
the once-popular version of heroic defiance. Explains how myth-making helped develop the new nation's image and how it declined in importance as a stronger, more self-reliant Israel emergedThe making of Stonehenge
Par Rodney Castleden. 1993
Deals exclusively with the prehistoric Stonehenge site in southern England. The author compiles scientific evidence to "take account of modern…
archaeologists' interpretations and attempt a synthesis that contains Stonehenge's meaning." The analysis provides an explanation of what the site's creators were trying to achieve. 1993The message and the kingdom: how Jesus and Paul ignited a revolution and transformed the ancient world
Par Richard A Horsley, Richard Horsley, Richard A. Horsley, Neil Asher Silberman. 1997
Two historians trace connections between religion and politics in ancient times, relying in part on first-century archaeological evidence. They argue…
that early Christianity challenged a government that preached personal achievement and self-reliance but denied most of its subjects opportunities for advancementFinding the lost cities
Par Rebecca Stefoff. 1997
Describes twelve lost cities on five continents in the order of their rediscovery in modern times: Petra, Nineveh, Hattusha, Copan,…
Chaco Canyon, Angkor, Troy, Zimbabwe, Knossos, Gournia, Machu Picchu, and Ur. Provides the history of each site, biographical sketches of the finders and archaeologists who worked there, and theories about why the city disappeared. For junior and senior high readersStones, bones, and petroglyphs: digging into Southwest archaeology : an ultimate field trip (Ultimate Field Trip Ser.)
Par Susan E Goodman, Susan E. Goodman, Michael J. Doolittle. 1998
Describes a one-week field trip where eighth graders worked with archaeologists at Crow Canyon, Colorado, to learn how the Pueblo…
Indians lived. Explains how to conduct a dig to maximize scientific information. Examines some of the artifacts. Discusses why the Puebloans disappeared in A.D. 1300. For grades 5-8The Dead Sea scrolls
Par Ilene Cooper, John Thompson. 1997
Describes the 1947 discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls by a Bedouin shepherd boy. Traces the history of custody, restoration,…
interpretation, and public release of the ancient documents. Explains the historical significance of the scrolls. For grades 5-8Lost and found: the 9,000 treasures of Troy : Heinrich Schliemann and the gold that got away
Par Caroline Moorehead. 1996
Portrays the life of self-made archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann, who in 1873 discovered the ruins of ancient Troy and the golden…
treasure of King Priam. Recounts the finding and excavation of the ancient gold, its transfer to Germany, and its seizure after World War II by RussiansMaking faces: using forensic and archaeological evidence (Texas A & M University anthropology series #no 1)
Par John Prag, Richard Neave. 1997
Discusses the science and techniques used in reconstructing the faces of historical persons from their skulls. Recounts how the visages…
of King Midas, King Philip II of Macedon, and others were reproduced. Describes how dentistry, genetics, radiology, and other disciplines are involved. Bestseller