Hansen, Grace
Summary: "Built by the Inca people thousands of years ago, Machu Picchu still stands today after it was mysteriously abandoned by those who inhabited it. Young readers will learn about who built it, when it was built, and why it was built. This title is complete with impressive historical and current photographs and images, and simple text. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Kids 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 985.37 HANSummary: With new evidence, testimony from historians and archaeologists, and deep dives into the meaning of new artifacts, this season is full of amazing information and insights.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV DIGSummary: From Roman burials to World War II relics, this season features some incredible finds that help Doctor Alice Roberts and her team piece together early civilized history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dreamscape Media, LLC 2020
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV DIGSummary: In twenty-four lectures on Pompeii, eminent classicist and Professor Steven L. Tuck resurrects the long-lost lives of aristocrats, merchants, slaves, and other individuals from this imperial Roman city--made famous for its demise after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. The result is an unprecedented view of life as it was lived in this ancient culture and an opportunity to discover...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2010
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 937 POMCall number: DVD 937 POM
Barber, John Warner
Summary: "American engraver and historian John Warner Barber (1798-1885) was well known for his books on local, state, and national history. This work, organized by county, gives historical background on all the Massachusetts towns that existed when it was first published in 1839. Barber supplies facts and details of each town's early settlement, including original Native American place names, and he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New England Historic Genealogical Society 2014
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3744 BARByrd, Sandra
Summary: "Miss Eleanor Sheffield is a talented evaluator of antiquities, trained to know the difference between a genuine artifact and a fraud. But with her father's passing and her uncle's decline into dementia, the family business is at risk. In the Victorian era, unmarried Eleanor cannot run Sheffield Brothers alone. The death of a longtime client, Baron Lydney, offers an unexpected complication when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BYRGrindle, Merilee Serrill
Summary: "The gripping story of the trailblazing Zelia Nuttall, whose decoding of Aztec cosmology, rigorous fieldwork, and passion for collecting helped shape our understanding of Mexico's pre-Columbian past"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NUTTALL, ZELIA GRINLawler, Andrew
Summary: "A sweeping history of Jerusalem and the pivotal role that archaeology has played--both in its invention as a modern holy city and as the match that lit a geopolitical fire beneath it In 1863, a French politician and adventurer heard a rumor of biblical treasures beneath Jerusalem. At the time, Jerusalem was a venerable backwater, not the thriving religious center we think of today. Archaeology...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.94 LAWMilosavljevich, Stefan
Summary: "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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Neon Squid 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 930.102 MILCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 930.102 MILRichardson, Edmund
Summary: "Impeccably researched, and written like a thriller, Edmund Richardson's The King's Shadow is the extraordinary untold and wild journey of Charles Masson -- think Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid meets Indiana Jones -- and his search for the Lost City of Alexandria in the 'Wild East' during the age of empires, kings, and spies. For centuries the city of Alexandria Beneath the Mountains was a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MASSON, CHARLES RICAly, Götz
Summary: "Götz Aly pens a forgotten chapter in the history of empire through the chronicle a single object: a majestic fifteen-meter boat, looted from Papua New Guinea during a German colonial expedition and since displayed in Berlin museums. While arguing for the vessel's repatriation, Aly restores attention to the conquest of the Bismarck Archipelago"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 995.3 ALYLance, Rachel
Summary: "A story about a woman scientist's journey to discover a submarine"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 LANSummary: Alice Roberts follows an entire year of British archaeology, joining up the results of digs and investigations. The results are astonishing, and sometimes disturbing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV DIGSummary: A team of archaeologists dives deeper into the history of the Vikings and attempt to piece together what Britain might have looked like prior to the Roman invasion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV DIGSummary: Unlock mysteries and uncover lost history with the experts as they use yesteryear's technology to recreate five ancient engineering marvels and to discover what daily life was really like in these communities. Travel around the globe from China to Egypt and take a fresh, "hands-on" look at mankind's greatest cultures and civilizations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2008
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Summary: Aztec & Maya: The Complete Illustrated History uncovers the rise and fall of the many different empires of Mexico and Central America--their political and military campaign, their legends and myths, and their art, architecture and social history. Ground plans and detailed photographs explore over 20 magnificent and vitally important World Heritage sites, including Teotihuacán, Tenochtitlán,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metro Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 972 PHISteele, Philip
Summary: "This stunning book will lead you on a thrilling journey back in time to the land of the ancient Egyptians. Meet mighty pharaohs and powerful queens. Awaken mythical gods and magical goddesses. Watch everyday life along the River Nile. Every spread reveals a fabulous treasure and its unique story. Unwrap a pharaoh's mummy, decipher hieroglyphics, discover why an amulet is lucky, and what...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Weldon Owen 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 932 STEEnglish, Charlie
Summary: The story of how a team of librarians and archivists joined forces to spirit tens of thousands of ancient manuscripts into hiding when al-Qaeda-linked jihadists surged across Mali in 2012, threatening the existence of these precious documents. Relying on extensive research and firsthand reporting, Charlie English expertly twines a fraught and fascinating account of one of the planet's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 966.2 ENGFreund, Richard A.
Summary: "This book follows renowned archaeologist Richard Freund's journey through some of the most fascinating archaeological sites of human history-including the mysterious Atlantis, Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls caves, and the long-buried Holocaust camp Sobibor. Each chapter takes readers through a different archaeological site"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Religion FruendLinde, Barbara M.
Summary: If you have ever looked at a piece of pottery, a toy, or a coin from the past, then you have seen an artifact. Artifacts are things that people made and used. Over time, broken or unwanted objects were thrown on trash piles. Others were buried by natural disasters, or covered over by new buildings. This high-interest text shows several artifacts related to American history, including toys,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973 LINMass, Wendy
Summary: Ava and Chase want some more information before they embark on another adventure in time, but the woman who gave them the suitcase filled with magical objects is not being helpful, and when Chase picks up the scarab of King Tutankamun they find themselves transported not to ancient Egypt, but to Egypt on the day King Tut's tomb is discovered--and they must get the artifact back into the tomb...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Branches/Scholastic Inc. 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE MASMicklos, John
Summary: "The bloody Battle of Spotsylvania Court House took place in May 1864. The frantic back-and-forth fighting at an area now called the Bloody Angle was among the fiercest single-day battles of the entire Civil War. How did the bullet-riddled stump of a once-mighty oak tree there become a symbol of the conflict? What can its story tell us about that day's battle and the broader history of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2022