Indiana Jones - Style Books

 

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1. Empress of the Nile: the daredevil archaeologist who saved Egypt's ancient temples from destruction

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Author:
Olson, Lynne
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Athens Drive Community - Adult Non-Fiction
932.009 OLSON
Cary Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
932.009 OLSON
Duraleigh Road - Adult Non-Fiction
932.009 OLSON
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"In the 1960s, the world's attention was focused on a nail-biting race against time-an international campaign to save over a dozen ancient Egyptian temples, built during the height of the pharaohs' rule, from drowning in the floodwaters of the gigantic new Aswan High Dam. But the massive press coverage of this unprecedented rescue effort completely overlooked the feisty French archaeologist who made it all happen. Without the intervention of Christiane...

2. The golden one

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Author:
Peters, Elizabeth, 1927-2013
Series:
Amelia Peabody mysteries volume 16.
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Eva H. Perry Regional - Mystery
PETERS
Oberlin Regional - Mystery
PETERS
Southeast Regional - Mystery
PETERS
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Revisiting Egypt in 1917 with her husband, son, and daughter-in-law, Egyptologist Amelia Peabody stumbles across a murdered body, a situation that is complicated by an assignment from British intelligence and her daughter-in-law's troubling secret.