Christopher Heaney

Ex-library book with plastic cover and card holder. Library markings and pages are yellowing around the edges.

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

New York

The Story of Hiram Bingham, a Real-Life Indiana Jones, and the Search for Machu Picchu

In 1911, a young Peruvian boy led an American explorer and Yale historian named Hiram Bingham into the ancient Incan citadel of Machu Picchu. Hidden amidst the breathtaking heights of the Andes, this settlement of temples, tombs and palaces was the Incas' greatest achievement. Tall, handsome, and sure of his destiny, Bingham believed that Machu Picchu was the Incas' final refuge, where they fled the Spanish Conquistadors. Bingham made Machu Picchu famous, and his dispatches from the jungle cast him as the swashbuckling hero romanticized today as a true Indiana Jones-like character. But his excavation of the site raised old specters of conquest and plunder, and met with an indigenous nationalism that changed the course of Peruvian history. Though Bingham successfully realized his dream of bringing Machu Picchu's treasure of skulls, bones and artifacts back to the United States, conflict between Yale and Peru persists through the present day over a simple question: Who owns Inca history? In this grand, sweeping narrative, Christopher Heaney takes the reader into the heart of Peru's past to relive the dramatic story of the final years of the Incan empire, the exhilarating recovery of their final cities and the thought-provoking fight over their future. Drawing on original research in untapped archives, Heaney vividly portrays both a stunning landscape and the complex history of a fascinating region that continues to inspire awe and controversy today.

Cradle of Gold

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Archacological discoveries, see phot for further description

Alabama

Treasures From Bible Times

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Alaska

After the unveiling of the Magyar Venus--a head and torso of a woman carved from mammoth ivory during the Upper Paleolithic period--one of Lara's friends commits suicide. Determinedly tracing the Venus's provenance to Budapest, Lara discovers a truth that arises from the secrets of the past.

The Magyar Venus

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Roderick Gordon

Brian Williams

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Pennsylvania

Taking it down a whole 'nother level, Will and Chester journey to the center of the earth in FREEFALL. By the authors of the NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller TUNNELS and its sequel DEEPER!

DEEPER sent Will and Chester into FREEFALL-- tumbling through the subterranean Pore with the evil Rebecca twins in hot pursuit, both toting phials of the lethal Dominion virus. When, where, will they ever land?! Just when the drop seems infinite, the boys hit bottom, and find themselves in a realm of near-zero gravity atop a giant spongy fungus stuffed with artifacts from some lost golden age. But they are not alone. And above ground, black-clad Styx are sprouting like poison mushrooms, dead-set on spreading their plague!

Freefall

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Douglas Preston

Brand new, has photographs/pictures in full color

Kentucky

A True Story

A five-hundred-year-old legend. An ancient curse. A stunning medical mystery. And a pioneering journey into the unknown heart of the world's densest jungle. Since the days of conquistador Hernán Cortés, rumors have circulated about a lost city of immense wealth hidden somewhere in the Honduran interior, called the White City or the Lost City of the Monkey God. Indigenous tribes speak of ancestors who fled there to escape the Spanish invaders, and they warn that anyone who enters this sacred city will fall ill and die. In 1940, swashbuckling journalist Theodore Morde returned from the rainforest with hundreds of artifacts and an electrifying story of having found the Lost City of the Monkey God-but then committed suicide without revealing its location. Three quarters of a century later, bestselling author Doug Preston joined a team of scientists on a groundbreaking new quest. In 2012 he climbed aboard a rickety, single-engine plane carrying the machine that would change everything: lidar, a highly advanced, classified technology that could map the terrain under the densest rainforest canopy. In an unexplored valley ringed by steep mountains, that flight revealed the unmistakable image of a sprawling metropolis, tantalizing evidence of not just an undiscovered city but an enigmatic, lost civilization. Venturing into this raw, treacherous, but breathtakingly beautiful wilderness to confirm the discovery, Preston and the team battled torrential rains, quickmud, disease-carrying insects, jaguars, and deadly snakes. But it wasn't until they returned that tragedy struck: Preston and others found they had contracted in the ruins a horrifying, sometimes lethal-and incurable-disease. Suspenseful and shocking, filled with colorful history, hair-raising adventure, and dramatic twists of fortune, THE LOST CITY OF THE MONKEY GOD is the absolutely true, eyewitness account of one of the great discoveries of the twenty-first century.

The Lost City of the Monkey God

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In this challenging book Michael Grant sets out to discover the extraordinary epoch between 1000 and 494 BC, a period which he shows was one of the most creative in history. He takes the reader on an intriguing detective trail to understand the world of the early Greeks, a people who are to be found not only within the boundaries of modern Greece, but also in parts of Asia Minor, Italy, Sicily and Russia, scattered in hundreds of independent city-states, united by common blood, customs, language and religion. Michael Grant discusses the economic and social roles of slaves and women, often seen as mysterious, polluting elements in these male-dominated societies, in curious contrast to their powerful role in mythology and literature. In a civilization where leisure was thought to be 'more desirable and more fully an end than business', there was time for outstanding artistic and intellectual developments, notably the pottery of Protogeometric and subsequent epochs and the introduction of the Phoenician alphabet (after half a millenium of illiteracy) which enabled Homer's Iliad and Odyssey to be recorded.

The Rise of the Greeks

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Colin Renfrew

Richard Hodges

Light shelf wear on the jacket. Used bookstore stickers. Pages in great shape. Low mileage. Sharp imagery. No dog ears or scribbles. Please see photos for reference.

Ohio

The Ethical Crisis in Archaeology

The world's archaeological heritage is under threat. Many antiquities appear on the art market where they are being bought by museums and collectors. Review of the situation.

Loot, Legitimacy and Ownership

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Donald P. Ryan

Texas

Adventures of an Unconventional Archaeologist

Beneath the Sands of Egypt

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Anne Ross

Don Robins

The Story of Lindow Man, an Archaeological Sensation

The Life and Death of a Druid Prince

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Emily Sands

Virginia

A Course in the Wonders of Egypt

Inside this illustrated workbook is everything one needs to know to become an esteemed Egyptologist. Among the book's delightful novelty elements are the Top Ten Things to See in Egypt, flaps that lift to reveal hidden treasure in the desert sands, and a four-page foldout section full of stickers.

The Egyptology Handbook

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Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

A Complete Manual of Field Archaeology: Tools and Techniques

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#deadseascrolls #archaeology #judaism #bible #theology 
Hardback with dust jacket and acetate cover in like new condition with no markings in text. 
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I am selling my personal theological library of approximately 1500 volumes. They all have the Library of Congress classification number on the spine and most have my name stamped in them. Most are in like new or excellent condition. 

Arkansas

The Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered 

Andy McDermott

A Novel

The Covenant of Genesis

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#paperback #creekside #archaeology #gritlit 📚 

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

An Archaeological Novel

In Creekside, dedicated archaeologist Meg Harrington guides her students in a race against time to protect the legacy of the past before bulldozers rip it to shreds.

The setting is a Kentucky pasture slated for development--the construction of the new Creekside subdivision. Once, that same beautiful stretch of land was home to three generations who experienced love, loss, and tragedy in their log cabin beside the creek. It was here during the late 18th century that Estelle Mullins struggled to build her home on the dangerous frontier.

In Meg's 21st-century world of archaeology we read about excavation techniques, daily experiences at a dig, tight construction deadlines, the use of heavy equipment, report writing, artifact analysis, damage from looters and collectors, and the reality of site destruction in the path of modern development. The depiction of Estelle's frontier life includes Kentucky's early Euro-American settlement of the Cumberland Gap, encounters with Shawnee defending their land, Protestant fragmentation, the rise of religious fundamentalism, the immigrant stampede down the Ohio River, and the persistent issue of class-based land ownership.

The two partially interwoven story lines link artifact and place, ancestors and descendants, the present and the past, and inspire us to explore the personal connections between them all in fresh and vital ways.

Creekside

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Inside Egypt’s Last Temples 

Archaeology Magazine (Nov/Dec 2021)

Daniel Levin

Like new, except minor shelf wear on the jacket and a few faint markings near spine as shown in last picture.

Florida

Jonathan Marcus, a young American lawyer and a former doctoral student in classics, has become a sought-after commodity among antiquities dealers, but when he is summoned to Rome to examine a client's fragment of an ancient stone map, he stumbles across a

The Last Ember

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Jason Sandy

Nick Stevens

Utah

Searching for London's Lost Treasures

Often seen combing the shoreline of the River Thames at low tide, groups of archaeology enthusiasts known as 'mudlarks' continue a tradition that dates back to the eighteenth century. Over the years they have found a vast array of historical artefacts providing glimpses into the city's past. Objects lost or discarded centuries ago - from ancient river offerings such as the Battersea Shield and Waterloo Helmet, to seventeenth-century trade tokens and even medals for bravery - have been discovered in the river. This book explores a fascinating assortment of finds from prehistoric to modern times, which collectively tell the rich and illustrious story of London and its inhabitants.

Thames Mudlarking

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W. Michael Gear

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Massachusetts

People of the Sea

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Elizabeth Peters

Minnesota

"Passion among the pyramids. Forged antiquities. A country at war. A camel in the garden. A cameo by Lawrence of Arabia. Add in Peters's trademark intelligent plotting, engaging characters, and stylish writing and we can hardly ask for anything more."

--Cincinnati Enquirer

 

One of the most beloved characters in mystery/suspense fiction, archeologist and Egyptologist Amelia Peabody bravely faces gravest peril in Cairo on the eve of World War One inNew York Times bestselling Grandmaster Elizabeth Peters's magnificent Egyptian adventure, He Shall Thunder in the Sky. The San Francisco Examiner calls these heart-racing exploits of Amelia and her courageous family, the Emersons, "pure delight." But perhaps the New York Times Book Review states it best: "Between Amelia Peabody and Indiana Jones, it's Amelia--in wit and daring--by a landslide."

He Shall Thunder in the Sky

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Clyde E. Fant

Mitchell G. Reddish

Tennessee

Understanding the Bible Through Archaeological Artifacts in World Museums

Lost Treasures of the Bible contains detailed descriptions and photographs of biblically significant archaeological objects housed in over twenty-five museums worldwide. This selection of more than one hundred artifacts -- many of them relatively unknown -- illuminates the history, culture, and practices of the biblical world as a whole. Each entry also outlines that particular object's relevance for understanding the Bible.

To assemble this amazing collection, Clyde Fant and Mitchell Reddish themselves traveled to each of these museums throughout the world. Their photographs, descriptions, and histories of the various artifacts enable readers to appreciate these significant objects to an extent not usually enjoyed by even the most experienced museum visitors.

For travelers visiting such famous museums as the Louvre in Paris, the British Museum, or the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, this volume will be an indispensable companion. Each artifact is located not only as to its museum site but also by its specific identification number, which is particularly valuable for smaller and lesser-known objects -- true "lost treasures."

Fant and Reddish's Lost Treasures of the Bible will serve as an informative, accessible guide to globe-trotters and armchair travelers alike.
 

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Christopher Heaney

Cradle of Gold

Allan Millard

Treasures From Bible Times

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The Magyar Venus

Roderick Gordon; Brian Williams

Freefall

Douglas Preston

The Lost City of the Monkey God

Michael Grant

The Rise of the Greeks

Colin Renfrew; Richard Hodges

Loot, Legitimacy and Ownership

Donald P. Ryan

Beneath the Sands of Egypt

Anne Ross; Don Robins

The Life and Death of a Druid Prince

Emily Sands

The Egyptology Handbook

Martha Joukowsky

A Complete Manual of Field Archaeology: Tools and Techniques

Robert Eisenman & Michael Wise

The Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered

Andy McDermott

The Covenant of Genesis

Kelli Carmean

Creekside

Kalmbach Publications

Archaeology Magazine (Nov/Dec 2021)

Daniel Levin

The Last Ember

Jason Sandy; Nick Stevens

Thames Mudlarking

Andy McDermott

The Covenant of Genesis

W. Michael Gear

People of the Sea

Elizabeth Peters

He Shall Thunder in the Sky

Clyde E. Fant; Mitchell G. Reddish

Lost Treasures of the Bible

Archaeological Institute of America

Archaeology Magazine (May/June 2012)

Jacquetta H. Hawkes

World of the Past

Archaeological Institute of America

Archaeology Magazine (Nov/Dec 2014)