Bestsellers
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Fingerprints of the Gods
- The Quest Continues
- By: Graham Hancock
- Narrated by: Graham Hancock
- Length: 18 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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An intellectual detective story, this history audiobook directs probing questions at orthodox history, presenting disturbing new evidence that historians have tried - but failed - to explain....
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Classic in Historical Mysteries
- By Kelly on 09-05-19
By: Graham Hancock
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1177 B.C. (Revised and Updated)
- The Year Civilization Collapsed
- By: Eric H. Cline
- Narrated by: Eric H. Cline
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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This audiobook narrated by acclaimed archaeologist and best-selling author Eric Cline offers a breathtaking account of how the collapse of an ancient civilized world ushered in the first Dark Ages....
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Look past the one-star reviews: this is an enlightening and engaging read.
- By Alonzo Nightjar on 03-07-22
By: Eric H. Cline
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The Lost City of the Monkey God
- A True Story
- By: Douglas Preston
- Narrated by: Bill Mumy
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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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....
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Still Lost...
- By Mel on 01-12-17
By: Douglas Preston
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There Were Giants upon the Earth
- Gods, Demigods, and Human Ancestry: The Evidence of Alien DNA
- By: Zecharia Sitchin
- Narrated by: D. Cash Keahey
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Are we then, all of us, descendants of demigods? In this crowning oeuvre, Zecharia Sitchin proceeds step-by-step through a mass of ancient writings and artifacts, leading the listener to the stunning Royal Tombs of Ur.
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Great book! Less than stellar narration. It helped to listen at 1.2 speed
- By Anonymous User on 03-05-24
By: Zecharia Sitchin
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The Anunnaki Chronicles
- A Zecharia Sitchin Reader
- By: Zecharia Sitchin, Janet Sitchin - editor
- Narrated by: Luke Bob Robinson
- Length: 14 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Providing an insider's look into the decades of research behind Zecharia Sitchin's complete works as well as an in-depth overview of his theories, this collection includes carefully selected chapters from the Earth Chronicles series....
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Skipping
- By Josiah Wood on 05-05-20
By: Zecharia Sitchin, and others
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The Ancient Giants Who Ruled America
- The Missing Skeletons and the Great Smithsonian Cover-Up
- By: Richard J. Dewhurst
- Narrated by: Nick McDougal
- Length: 13 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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A study of the substantial evidence for a former race of giants in North America and its 150-year suppression by the Smithsonian Institution....
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Newspaper Articles
- By Chad C on 07-08-20
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Fingerprints of the Gods
- The Quest Continues
- By: Graham Hancock
- Narrated by: Graham Hancock
- Length: 18 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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An intellectual detective story, this history audiobook directs probing questions at orthodox history, presenting disturbing new evidence that historians have tried - but failed - to explain....
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Classic in Historical Mysteries
- By Kelly on 09-05-19
By: Graham Hancock
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1177 B.C. (Revised and Updated)
- The Year Civilization Collapsed
- By: Eric H. Cline
- Narrated by: Eric H. Cline
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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This audiobook narrated by acclaimed archaeologist and best-selling author Eric Cline offers a breathtaking account of how the collapse of an ancient civilized world ushered in the first Dark Ages....
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Look past the one-star reviews: this is an enlightening and engaging read.
- By Alonzo Nightjar on 03-07-22
By: Eric H. Cline
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The Lost City of the Monkey God
- A True Story
- By: Douglas Preston
- Narrated by: Bill Mumy
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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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....
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Still Lost...
- By Mel on 01-12-17
By: Douglas Preston
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There Were Giants upon the Earth
- Gods, Demigods, and Human Ancestry: The Evidence of Alien DNA
- By: Zecharia Sitchin
- Narrated by: D. Cash Keahey
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Are we then, all of us, descendants of demigods? In this crowning oeuvre, Zecharia Sitchin proceeds step-by-step through a mass of ancient writings and artifacts, leading the listener to the stunning Royal Tombs of Ur.
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Great book! Less than stellar narration. It helped to listen at 1.2 speed
- By Anonymous User on 03-05-24
By: Zecharia Sitchin
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The Anunnaki Chronicles
- A Zecharia Sitchin Reader
- By: Zecharia Sitchin, Janet Sitchin - editor
- Narrated by: Luke Bob Robinson
- Length: 14 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Providing an insider's look into the decades of research behind Zecharia Sitchin's complete works as well as an in-depth overview of his theories, this collection includes carefully selected chapters from the Earth Chronicles series....
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Skipping
- By Josiah Wood on 05-05-20
By: Zecharia Sitchin, and others
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The Ancient Giants Who Ruled America
- The Missing Skeletons and the Great Smithsonian Cover-Up
- By: Richard J. Dewhurst
- Narrated by: Nick McDougal
- Length: 13 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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A study of the substantial evidence for a former race of giants in North America and its 150-year suppression by the Smithsonian Institution....
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Newspaper Articles
- By Chad C on 07-08-20
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Assyria
- The Rise and Fall of the World's First Empire
- By: Eckart Frahm
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Length: 15 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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At its height in 660 BCE, the kingdom of Assyria stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. It was the first empire the world had ever seen. Here, historian Eckart Frahm tells the epic story of Assyria and its formative role in global history....
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Outstanding Historical Book
- By Okahead on 05-15-23
By: Eckart Frahm
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The World Before Us
- The New Science Behind Our Human Origins
- By: Tom Higham
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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A fascinating investigation of the origin of humans based on incredible new discoveries and advanced scientific technology....
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Wonderfully Accessible
- By Deborah N on 11-02-21
By: Tom Higham
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Kindred
- By: Rebecca Wragg Sykes
- Narrated by: Rebecca Wragg Sykes
- Length: 16 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Our perception of the Neanderthals has undergone a metamorphosis since their discovery 160 years ago, from the losers of the human family tree to A-list hominins....
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Horrible Recording/Sound Quality
- By Howard Houchen on 11-24-20
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Jungle of Stone
- The True Story of Two Men, Their Extraordinary Journey, and the Discovery of the Lost Civilization of the Maya
- By: William Carlsen
- Narrated by: Paul Michael Garcia
- Length: 16 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1839 rumors of extraordinary yet baffling stone ruins buried within the unmapped jungles of Central America reached two of the world's most intrepid travelers....
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Unsung Explorers at the Heart of History
- By thomas on 01-10-17
By: William Carlsen
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The Lost Tomb
- And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder
- By: Douglas Preston, David Grann - foreword
- Narrated by: Will Collyer
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Douglas Preston, the #1 bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God, presents this collection of the most jaw-dropping true stories from his career as a journalist and explorer....
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Really good but could have been a more enjoyable l
- By Jason on 12-07-23
By: Douglas Preston, and others
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House of Rain
- Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest
- By: Craig Childs
- Narrated by: Craig Childs
- Length: 15 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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In this landmark work on the Anasazi tribes of the Southwest, naturalist Craig Childs dives head-on into the mysteries of this vanished people....
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Poetic Travel Log
- By Staci Adleman on 01-09-19
By: Craig Childs
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The Ancient Celts, Second Edition
- By: Barry Cunliffe
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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This fully updated edition of Barry Cunliffe's classic study of the ancient Celtic world presents new finds, new ways of using DNA records to understand Celtic origins, and new ideas about the proto-urban nature of early chieftains' strongholds....
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Missing the foundation and migration from the steppe and the Tuatha Dé Dannan
- By cpdb on 03-15-20
By: Barry Cunliffe
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The Collapse of Complex Societies
- New Studies in Archaeology
- By: Joseph A. Tainter
- Narrated by: Brian Arens
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Political disintegration is a persistent feature of world history. The Collapse of Complex Societies, though written by an archaeologist, will therefore strike a chord throughout the social sciences.
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Europe Between the Oceans
- 9000 BC-AD 1000
- By: Barry Cunliffe
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 18 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Distinguished archaeologist Barry Cunliffe entirely reorients our understanding of Europe from 10,000 BC to the time of the Vikings....
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Books like these give the history genre a bad rep
- By Amazon Customer on 07-21-24
By: Barry Cunliffe
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The Secret Token
- Myth, Obsession, and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke
- By: Andrew Lawler
- Narrated by: David H. Lawrence XVII
- Length: 14 hrs and 23 mins
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A sweeping account of America's oldest unsolved mystery, the people racing to unearth its answer, and what the Lost Colony reveals about America today....
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trying to capitalize on race relations
- By Phil on 07-16-19
By: Andrew Lawler
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When Humans Nearly Vanished
- The Catastrophic Explosion of the Toba Volcano
- By: Donald R. Prothero
- Narrated by: Qarie Marshall
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Some 73,000 years ago, the Mount Toba supervolcano in toda's Indonesia erupted, releasing the energy of a million tons of explosives. So much ash and debris was injected into the stratosphere that it partially blocked the sun's radiation and caused global temperatures to drop for a decade....
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A very special book
- By Scott Fitzsimmons on 02-02-19
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A History of the World in 100 Objects
- The Landmark BBC Radio 4 Series
- By: Neil MacGregor
- Narrated by: Neil MacGregor
- Length: 22 hrs and 16 mins
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In 2010, the BBC and the British Museum embarked on an ambitious project: to tell the story of 2,000,000 years of human history using 100 objects selected from the museum's vast and renowned collection....
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Warning: not audio reading of the book
- By Anonymous on 08-07-21
By: Neil MacGregor
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A Little History of Archaeology
- By: Brian Fagan
- Narrated by: Kevin Scollin
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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The thrilling history of archaeological adventure, with tales of danger, debate, audacious explorers, and astonishing discoveries around the globe....
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Like Kent Brockman reading me the encyclopedia
- By Elaine on 04-30-18
By: Brian Fagan
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1177 B.C.
- The Year Civilization Collapsed
- By: Eric H. Cline
- Narrated by: Andy Caploe
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1177 B.C., marauding groups known only as the "Sea Peoples" invaded Egypt. The pharaoh’s army and navy managed to defeat them, but the victory so weakened Egypt that it soon slid into decline....
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Wanted to Like... And Did!
- By Brett M Miller on 09-12-14
By: Eric H. Cline
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Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities
- By: Bettany Hughes
- Narrated by: Bettany Hughes
- Length: 24 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Istanbul has long been a place where stories and histories collide, where perception is as potent as fact....
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A daunting undertaking pulled off superlatively
- By SGS on 12-24-17
By: Bettany Hughes
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Forbidden Archeology
- The Hidden History of the Human Race
- By: Michael A. Cremo, Richard L. Thompson
- Narrated by: Laura Lee
- Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins
- Abridged
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Discover an alternate history to the human race as the authors of Forbidden Archeology....
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great information but need another narrator
- By Susan on 07-12-12
By: Michael A. Cremo, and others
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Three Stones Make a Wall
- The Story of Archaeology
- By: Eric H. Cline
- Narrated by: LJ Ganser
- Length: 12 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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From the best-selling author of 1177 B.C., a comprehensive history of archaeology - from its amateur beginnings to the cutting-edge science it is today....
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Some shallow digs into archaeology
- By Beechwold on 10-09-20
By: Eric H. Cline
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Women in the Valley of the Kings
- The Untold Story of Women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age
- By: Kathleen Sheppard
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Wiley
- Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Women in the Valley of the Kings upends the grand male narrative of Egyptian exploration and shows how a group of courageous women charted unknown territory and changed the field of Egyptology forever.
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A wonderful look at some forgotten women
- By Red-Haired Ash on 09-23-24
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The Language Puzzle
- Piecing Together the Six-Million-Year Story of How Words Evolved
- By: Steven Mithen
- Narrated by: Kerry Hutchinson
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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A top scholar reveals the most complete picture to date of how early human speech led to the languages we use today
By: Steven Mithen
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The Invention of Prehistory
- Empire, Violence, and Our Obsession with Human Origins
- By: Stefanos Geroulanos
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Wiley
- Length: 14 hrs and 46 mins
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In this coruscating work, acclaimed historian Stefanos Geroulanos demonstrates how claims about the earliest humans not only shaped Western intellectual culture, but gave rise to our modern world.
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Too much judgement
- By Historic Philosopher on 04-23-24
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The Writing of the Gods
- The Race to Decode the Rosetta Stone
- By: Edward Dolnick
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
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Two rival geniuses race to decode the writing on one of the world’s most famous documents - the Rosetta Stone....
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Hieroglyphs For The People
- By Spike on 01-15-22
By: Edward Dolnick
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Lost Cities, Ancient Tombs
- 100 Discoveries That Changed the World
- By: Ann R. Williams - editor, Douglas Preston - introduction
- Narrated by: Mari Weiss
- Length: 14 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Blending high adventure with history, this chronicle of 100 astonishing discoveries from the Dead Sea Scrolls to the fabulous “Lost City of the Monkey God” tells incredible stories of how explorers and archaeologists have uncovered the clues that illuminate our past....
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Just what I wanted
- By Amazon Customer on 01-16-22
By: Ann R. Williams - editor, and others
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Tutankhamun and the Tomb That Changed the World
- By: Bob Brier PhD
- Narrated by: Christopher Douyard
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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It is often thought that the story of Tutankhamun ended when the thousands of items discovered by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon were transported to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and put on display. But there is far more to the story....
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Excellent book; performance stumbles
- By Sarah on 03-27-23
By: Bob Brier PhD
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Finders Keepers
- A Tale of Archaeological Plunder and Obsession
- By: Craig Childs
- Narrated by: Craig Childs
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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To whom does the past belong? Is the archeologist who discovers a lost tomb a sort of hero - or a villain? Craig Childs's riveting new book is a lyrical ghost story - an intense, impassioned investigation into the nature of the past and the things we leave behind....
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I roam the deserts
- By matt hewman on 08-21-19
By: Craig Childs