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1) Dragon teeth
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 10
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The year is 1876. Among the warring Indian tribes and lawless gold-rush towns of America's western territories, two paleontologists pillage the Wild West. They are hunting for dinosaur fossils, while surveilling, deceiving and sabotaging each other in a rivalry that will come to be known as the Bone Wars. Into this treacherous territory plunges the arrogant and entitled Yale student William Johnson. Determined to survive a summer in the west to win...
2) Old bones
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Nora Kelly novels (Preston & Child) volume 1
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Nora Kelly, a young curator at the Santa Fe Institute of Archaeology, is approached by historian Clive Benton with a once-in-a-lifetime proposal: to lead a team in search of the so-called "Lost Camp" of the tragic Donner Party. Benton tells Kelly he has stumbled upon an amazing find: the long-sought diary of one of the victims, which has an enigmatic description of the Lost Camp. Nora agrees to lead an expedition to locate and excavate it to reveal...
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Professor Jeremy Logan is brought onto famed explorer Porter Stone's archaeological team to investigate a series of harrowing and inexplicable occurrences that are causing people on the expedition to fear a centuries-old curse behind Pharoah Narmer's elusive "double" crown of the two Egypts. As paranoia and fear run rampant, Logan must delve into the mysteries of ancient Egyptology and near death experience in order to understand what might be plaguing...
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A group of scientists sponsored by a major media conglomerate are sent on an expedition to Alaska's Federal Wilderness Zone, one of the most remote places on Earth. When the group makes an astonishing find, an ancient animal encased in solid ice that appears to a giant cat, the parent company quickly plans the ultimate spectacle, the animal will be cut from the ice, thawed, and revealed on live television. Ignoring the dire warnings of a local Eskimo...
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NUMA files volume 1
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 25
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Underwater divers Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala battle a secret Spanish brotherhood which is plotting to regain Spanish territory taken by the U.S. The action ranges from the decks of a sunken passenger liner in the Atlantic to an underwater Mayan temple. By the author of Flood Tide.
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Pub. Date
c2004
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In 1845, Sir John Franklin and his men set out to "penetrate the icy fastness of the north, and to circumnavigate America." And then they disappeared. The truth about what happened to Franklin's ill-fated Arctic expedition was shrouded in mystery for more than a century. Then, in 1984, Owen Beattie and his team exhumed two crew members from a burial site in the North for forensic evidence, to shocking results. But the most startling discovery didn't...
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Jeremy Logan novels volume 2
Pub. Date
p2009
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A group of scientists sponsored by a major media conglomerate are sent on an expedition to Alaska's Federal Wilderness Zone, one of the most remote places on Earth. When the group makes an astonishing find, an ancient animal encased in solid ice that appears to be a giant cat, the parent company quickly plans the ultimate spectacle, the animal will be cut from the ice, thawed, and revealed on live television. Ignoring the dire warnings of a local...
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Pub. Date
2016.
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"A series of archeological expeditions unfolds through time, each one looking for the ruins of a fabled underground city-state that once flourished in a remote province near the border of present-day Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Sealed off for centuries by seismic activity, Suolucidir beckons with the promise of plunder and the glory of discovery, fantasies as varied as the imaginations of her aspiring modern-day conquerors. As the tumult of the...
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Pub. Date
2016.
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Documents the true story of the nineteenth-century rediscovery of the Mayan civilization by American ambassador John Lloyd Stephens and British architect Frederick Catherwood, illuminating how their findings profoundly changed Western understandings about human history.
12) Heir of Ra
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An excavation of the fabled Hall of Records beneath the Sphinx unleashes an ancient disease that leaves Alyssa Morgan's father fighting for his life
13) The lost tomb
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Jack Howard novels volume 3
Pub. Date
[2008]
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In the treacherous waters off the rugged Sicilian coast, marine archaeologist Jack Howard and his team of scientific experts and ex-Special Forces commandos make a shocking find while searching for the legendary shipwreck of the apostle Paul. And when a second artifact is uncovered in the ruins of a buried city, Jack is on the verge of a discovery that could shake the world to its foundations: the handwritten words of Jesus Christ himself.
14) Daughter of Ra
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"Alyssa thought her fight was over. She was wrong. The memories come unbidden. Plagued by visions from the past, Alyssa struggles to discern myth from reality. Desperate to uncover the truth about her ancestry and her mother's tragic disappearance, Alyssa must reunite with old friends--and old foes--to discover that her only hope lies in a secret world, hidden in plain sight." -- Amazon.com
15) Legacy of Ra
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"The epic conclusion to the best-selling Blood of Ra Trilogy. Two heirs. An age-old battle. One true legacy. The Rathadi, defeated and ravaged by illness, are in hiding. Alyssa must awaken Horus's last memory to unlock her potential and claim her birthright as his Legacy. Can she overcome her greatest challenges and fears, both from outside and within, and lead the Rathadi to victory in their fight against Nephthys?" --Amazon.com
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Case File 13 volume 4
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
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The three Monsterteers are off on a vacation to Mexico, where they join an archeological excavation of an abandoned--and haunted--Mayan pyramid.
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Pub. Date
c2008
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"This book allows you to travel with Indiana Jones from his early escapades as a young boy to his adventures as an eminent archaeologist and daredevil hero. Uncover information about the characters Indy meets along the way, join him on his thrilling chases and close escapes, and dig deep for fabled treasures. Packed with full-color photos, original artworks, and maps plus fascinating facts and features"--P. [2] of cover.
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Bruno Courreges mysteries volume 10
Pub. Date
2018.
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When a woman's body is found at the foot of a cliff near the idyllic French town of St. Denis, chief of police Bruno Courrèges suspects a connection to the great ruin that stands above: a long-ago Knights Templar stronghold. With the help of Amélie, a young newcomer to the Dordogne, Bruno learns that the dead woman was an archaeologist searching for a religious artifact of incredible importance. And her ties to Islamic terrorists- not to mention...
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2019.
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In this recently discovered Crichton novel, the year is 1876. Among the warring Indian tribes and lawless gold-rush towns of America's western territories, two paleontologists pillage the Wild West. They're hunting for dinosaur fossils, while surveying, deceiving, and sabotaging each other in a rivalry that will come to be known as the Bone Wars. Into this treacherous territory plunges the arrogant and entitled Yale student William Johnson. Determined...
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