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Author
Language
English
Description
Immediately recognized as a work of monumental importance, Chariots of the Gods endures as proof that Earth has been visited repeatedly by advanced aliens from other worlds. Here, Erich von Däniken examines ancient ruins, lost cities, spaceports, and a myriad of hard scientific facts that point to extraterrestrial intervention in human history. Most incredible of all, however, is von Däniken's theory that we are the descendants of these galactic...
Publisher
Distributed by Vivendi Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Using the latest marine survey techniques, HD photography, and underwater communications, National Geographic reveals one of the oldest intact shipwrecks in the world, which will transform understanding of 17th century trading. In the tradition of Jacques Cousteau, journey on an amazing expedition, conquering the unfamiliar, inaccessible waters of the Baltic Sea, to reveal one of the most technologically advanced trading ships of that time and cast...
Series
Amerind studies in archaeology volume 5
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Language
English
Formats
Publisher
National Geographic Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A marine geologist and an archaeologist explore the Mediterranean, and discover two shipwrecks, the oldest ever found. The ships originated in Phoenicia, burdened with their cargo of wine. Whether their fate was sealed by storms, pirates, or worse will never be known.
5) Birthright
Author
Language
English
Description
Overseeing the evacation of an ancient skeleton at a small-town construction site, archaeologist Callie Dunbrook copes with accidents and rumors that the project is cursed, a situation that is complicated by a stranger's claims about her past.
Publisher
Koch Vision
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Has the tomb of Jesus Christ been found? With the help of archaeologists, DNA analysts, biblical scholars, and statisticians, join award-winning filmmaker James Cameron as he follows a trail of clues that could lead to the greatest discovery of all time.
11) Almost human: the astonishing tale of Homo naledi and the discovery that changed our human story
Author
Language
English
Description
"This first-person narrative about an archaeological discovery is rewriting the story of human evolution. A story of defiance and determination by a controversial scientist, this is Lee Berger's own take on finding Homo naledi, an all-new species on thehuman family tree and one of the greatest discoveries of the 21st century. In 2013, Berger, a National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, caught wind of a cache of bones in a hard-to-reach underground...
Series
Arizona archaeologist volume no. 15
Publisher
Arizona Archaeological Society
Pub. Date
[between 0000 and 1984?]
Language
English
Description
A collection of archaeological papers examines the ceramics of ancient Indians of the Southwest.
Publisher
Bullfrog Films
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Examines the enigmas presented by the prehistoric remains found in Chaco Canyon in New Mexico. Tells that between 850 and 1150 AD, the Chacoan people constructed massive ceremonial buildings in a complex celestial pattern throughout a vast desert region, and uses aerial and time lapse footage and computer modeling to show how the Chacoan culture designed, oriented and located these buildings in relation to the sun and moon. Pueblo Indians, descendants...
Series
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Messengers : A tale of an unsuspecting family who falls prey to a malevolent entity after moving to into a haunted sunflower farm. Roy (Dylan McDermott) and Denise Solomon (Penelope Ann Miller) have decided to give up life in Chicago and relocate their family to secluded North Dakota sunflower farm. While the tranquil sway of the lush yellow fields at first offers a welcomed reprieve from the hustle and bustle of the big city, the family soon begins...
16) Thieves of time
Publisher
[Films for the Humanities & Sciences]
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
"[S]tudies Native American burial grounds over five centuries of cultural, scientific, and legal change. The Native American Graves Repatriation Act, covering the ownership and study of human remains and sacred objects, is given special emphasis"--Container.
Series
Publisher
Time-Life Video and Television (distributor)
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
With the opening of the tomb of Tutankhamen the world was provided with details of the ancient civilization of Egypt. In the land of the pharaohs a culture existed that believed in eternal life for all, from farmer to aristocracy. Now archaeologists are discovering the mysteries of the ancients, from preparing a mummy for burial to the technology necessary to raise enormous stone buildings.
