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1461) The Secrets of Vesuvius
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Ten-year-old Flavia and her friends encounter the Roman admiral Pliny before making a journey to her uncle's farm near Mt. Vesuvius, where they try to solve a riddle, reunite a family, and get out of the path of a natural disaster.
1462) 10 Movie Adventure Pack
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Secret of the Andes: "A young girl who is always in trouble travels to Argentina with her archeologist father"--Container.
Hollywood safari: "An animal-training family loses their lion who is then blamed for the actions of a wild look-alike"--Container.
Lassie: the painted hills: "After Jonathan Harvey strikes gold, he goes with his new partner to sort out his findings and leaves his collie Shep to care for the orphaned son of his former partner"--Container.
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1467) Tad: the lost explorer
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Mistaken for a famous archaeologist and entrusted with a sacred Incan relic, a Chicago construction worker helps an absentminded professor and his beautiful daughter find an ancient lost city before a group of evil treasure hunters find it first.
1468) The simeon chamber
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As Jennifer Davies and her attorney, Sam Bogardus, attempt to search out her natural father with only an ancient parchment for a clue, they discover a deadly web of art theft, intrigue, and murder.
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Introduction: Bears Ears and a Deep Map of Place
1. Hunter- Gatherers and Deep Time
2. From Basketmakers to Ancestral Puebloans, AD 50-1150
3. Into the Cliffs, 1150-1300
4. Navajos, Utes, and Canyon Exploration, 1300-1859
5. "The Fearing Time" and MappingAncient America, 1860-1875
6. "We Thank Thee, Oh God"
7. Cowboy Archaeology , a Lady Botanist, a Failed Indian Reservation, andthe Antiquities Act, 1891-1906
8. The US Forest Service , Natural Bridges,...
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Albert Lin seeks out the truth behind two great stories of the Bible. Could real events lie behind the parting of the Red Sea and the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah? To solve these mysteries Albert will use satellites and space age technology to look beneath the earth's surface to reveal secrets that have been buried for thousands of years.
1473) The Acropolis
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Discusses the history of the Acropolis, a large fortified hill in the center of Athens, and the uses to which it and the structures built upon it have been put throughout the ages.
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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 extraordinary places, and the myths from which it has become inseparable....
1480) Lost city of the Incas
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Takes a look at Machu Picchu, the lost city of the Incas. Examines whether this ancient South American city was a home to the gods or a place for offerings made to them in the form of human sacrifice. Witness ancient Inca ceremonies and learn how the city was discovered by Hiram Bingham.