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Author
Series
RIDOT archaeology ; 169
Publisher
Public Archaeology Laboratory
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Bestselling author the Countess of Carnarvon tells the thrilling behind-the-scenes story of the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun on its centennial, and explores the unparalleled life of family ancestor George Herbert--the famed Egyptologist, world-traveler, and 5th Earl of Carnarvon behind it--whose country house, Highclere Castle, is the setting of the beloved series Downton Abbey"--
Series
Publisher
Time-Life Video and Television
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Africa: White colonists in Africa couldn't believe that natives were responsible for the extensive kingdoms of Great Zimbabwe and the Swahili Coast, and thus credited the achievements of these ancient cultures to wandering Phoenicians, the Queen of Sheba, or Arab travelers. Cecil Rhodes 'explorations' destroyed portions of Great Zimbabwe, but Gertrude Caton Thompson found, excavated, and first asserted that the ruins were of African origin. Their...
449) Egypt
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Filmed on location, Egypt dramatizes the stories of the intrepid adventurers and explorers who explored Egypt in the 19th and 20th centuries. Napoleon's invasion of Egypt in 1798 had reignited interest in the country, as did the publication of the initial volumes of the "Description de l'Égypte" in 1809. The first story tells of the adventures of Howard Carter, who found the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1923 in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor. The...
450) Phase I (c) archaeological survey: replacement of Pawtucket Bridge no. 550, Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Author
Series
RIDOT archaeology ; 153
Publisher
[Public Archaeology Laboratory]
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The never-before-told story of the women Egyptologists who paved the way of exploration in Egypt and created the basis for Egyptology. The history of Egyptology is often told as yet one more grand narrative of powerful men striving to seize the day and the precious artifacts for their competing homelands. But that is only half of the story. During the Golden Age of Exploration, there were women working and exploring before Howard Carter discovered...
Author
Series
RIDOT archaeology ; 154
Publisher
Public Archaeology Laboratory
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
457) Petra
Author
Publisher
Dash!, an imprint of Abdo Zoom
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"This title takes readers to a valley in southern Jordan to discover the . . . city of Petra. Historical images, maps, and more facts complete this title"--OCLC.
