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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
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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. The various tribes that made up the Anasazi people converged on Chaco Canyon (New Mexico) during the 11th century to create a civilization hailed as "the Las Vegas of its day", a flourishing cultural center that attracted pilgrims from far and wide, and a vital crossroads of the prehistoric world. By the 13th century, however, Chaco's vibrant community had disappeared without a trace.
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House of Rain
- Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest
- Narrated by: Craig Childs
- Length: 15 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 25-09-18
- Language: English
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USS Monitor: A Historic Ship Completes Its Final Voyage
- Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical Archaeology Series
- By: John D. Broadwater
- Narrated by: Doug McDonald
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
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A hundred and fifty years ago, naval warfare entered a new phase with the introduction of ironclad vessels. On March 9, 1862, the USS Monitor, prototype of this new class of warships, fought the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia at Hampton Roads, Virginia, after the Virginia had ravaged the Union fleet blockading the James River, sinking larger, seemingly more powerful wooden warships in a potent demonstration of the power of an armored, heavily-gunned, steam-powered warship.
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USS Monitor: A Historic Ship Completes Its Final Voyage
- Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical Archaeology Series
- Narrated by: Doug McDonald
- Series: Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical Archaeology
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 29-11-18
- Language: English
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A Mystery from the Mummy-Pits
- The Amazing Journey of Ankh-Hap
- By: Frank L. Holt
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
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As the world recently commemorated the hundredth anniversary of the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun, our fascination with the pharaoh begs for a balanced view. Most recovered mummies have not escaped the modern trafficking in ancient bodies and body parts. The story of Ankh-Hap, a Ptolemaic-era mummy seized in the nineteenth century from the infamous mummy-pits of Egypt, provides a salutary example of what most mummies have endured.
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Tomb raiding shenanigans
- By Christine on 30-06-24
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A Mystery from the Mummy-Pits
- The Amazing Journey of Ankh-Hap
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 19-03-24
- Language: English
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The First Black Archaeologist
- A Life of John Wesley Gilbert
- By: John W.I. Lee
- Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
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The First Black Archaeologist reveals the untold story of a pioneering African American classical scholar, teacher, community leader, and missionary. Born into slavery in rural Georgia, John Wesley Gilbert (1863-1923) gained national prominence in the early 1900s, but his accomplishments are little known today. Using evidence from archives across the US and Europe, from contemporary publications, and from newly discovered documents, this book chronicles Gilbert's remarkable journey.
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The First Black Archaeologist
- A Life of John Wesley Gilbert
- Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 20-09-22
- Language: English
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Archaeology for Beginners
- By: Ben Egginton
- Narrated by: Sebastian Brown
- Length: 4 hrs and 15 mins
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Archaeology for Beginners offers a crash course in the fundamentals of archaeological work. It is the go-to place for student and volunteer archaeologists attending their first dig, or for anyone with a passion for human history who wants to find out more about what archaeology is all about.
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Archaeology for Beginners
- Narrated by: Sebastian Brown
- Length: 4 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 03-11-21
- Language: English
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Under Jerusalem
- The Buried History of the World's Most Contested City
- By: Andrew Lawler
- Narrated by: James Lurie
- Length: 16 hrs and 2 mins
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In 1863, a French senator arrived in Jerusalem hoping to unearth relics dating to biblical times. Digging deep underground, he discovered an ancient grave that, he claimed, belonged to an Old Testament queen. News of his find ricocheted around the world, evoking awe and envy alike, and inspiring others to explore Jerusalem’s storied past.
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Under Jerusalem
- The Buried History of the World's Most Contested City
- Narrated by: James Lurie
- Length: 16 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 02-11-21
- Language: English
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The Throne of Adulis
- Red Sea Wars on the Eve of Islam
- By: G. W. Bowersock
- Narrated by: Fleet Cooper
- Length: 3 hrs and 50 mins
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Using the writings of Cosmas and a wealth of other historical and archaeological evidence from the period, eminent historian G. W. Bowersock carefully reconstructs this fascinating but overlooked chapter in pre-Islamic Arabian history. The flashpoint of the war, Bowersock tells us, occurred when Yusuf, the Jewish king of Himyar, massacred hundreds of Christians living in Najran. The Christian ruler of Ethiopia, Kaleb, urged on by the Byzantine emperor Justin, led a force of 120,000 men across the Red Sea to defeat Yusuf.
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The Throne of Adulis
- Red Sea Wars on the Eve of Islam
- Narrated by: Fleet Cooper
- Length: 3 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 11-03-14
- Language: English
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Rome Is Burning
- Nero and the Fire that Ended a Dynasty
- By: Anthony A. Barrett
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
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According to legend, the Roman emperor Nero set fire to his majestic imperial capital on the night of July 19, 64 AD and fiddled while the city burned. It’s a story that has been told for more than two millennia - and it’s likely that almost none of it is true. In Rome Is Burning, distinguished Roman historian Anthony Barrett sets the record straight, providing a comprehensive and authoritative account of the Great Fire of Rome, its immediate aftermath, and its damaging long term consequences for the Roman world.
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Rome Is Burning
- Nero and the Fire that Ended a Dynasty
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Series: Turning Points in Ancient History
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 10-11-20
- Language: English
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The Lost World of the Old Ones
- Discoveries in the Ancient Southwest
- By: David Roberts
- Narrated by: Shawn Compton
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
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In this thrilling story of intellectual and archaeological discovery, David Roberts recounts his last 20 years of far-flung exploits in search of spectacular prehistoric ruins and rock art panels known to very few modern travelers. His adventures range across Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and southwestern Colorado, and illuminate the mysteries of the Ancestral Puebloans and their contemporary neighbors the Mogollon and Fremont, as well as of the more recent Navajo and Comanche.
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The Lost World of the Old Ones
- Discoveries in the Ancient Southwest
- Narrated by: Shawn Compton
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 12-10-21
- Language: English
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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
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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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Lost Cities, Ancient Tombs
- 100 Discoveries That Changed the World
- Narrated by: Mari Weiss
- Length: 14 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 30-11-21
- Language: English
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Archaeology from Space
- How the Future Shapes Our Past
- By: Sarah Parcak
- Narrated by: Sarah Parcak
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
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In Archaeology from Space, Sarah Parcak shows the evolution, major discoveries, and future potential of the young field of satellite archaeology. From surprise advancements after the declassification of spy photography, to a new map of the mythical Egyptian city of Tanis, she shares her field's biggest discoveries, revealing why space archaeology is not only exciting, but urgently essential to the preservation of the world's ancient treasures.
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Archaeology from Space
- How the Future Shapes Our Past
- Narrated by: Sarah Parcak
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 09-07-19
- Language: English
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Empires of the Dead
- Inca Mummies and the Peruvian Ancestors of American Anthropology
- By: Christopher Heaney
- Narrated by: Christian Barillas
- Length: 13 hrs and 29 mins
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When the Smithsonian’s Hall of Physical Anthropology opened in 1965 it featured 160 Andean skulls affixed to a wall to visualize how the world’s human population had exploded since the birth of Christ. Through a history of Inca mummies, a preHispanic surgery called trepanation, and Andean crania like these, Empires of the Dead explains how “ancient Peruvians” became the single largest population in the Smithsonian and many other museums in Peru, the Americas, and beyond.
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Empires of the Dead
- Inca Mummies and the Peruvian Ancestors of American Anthropology
- Narrated by: Christian Barillas
- Length: 13 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 24-10-23
- Language: English
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Iroquoia: The Development of a Native World
- Iroquois & Their Neighbors
- By: William Engelbrecht
- Narrated by: Caleb Rector
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
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Drawing on archaeology, historical evidence, oral traditions, and linguistics, this audiobook provides a view of Iroquois life from the prehistoric period and Owasco sites through the establishment of the Five Nations/
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Iroquoia: The Development of a Native World
- Iroquois & Their Neighbors
- Narrated by: Caleb Rector
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 12-02-15
- Language: English
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A Short History of Tomb-Raiding
- The Epic Hunt for Egypt’s Treasures
- By: Maria Golia
- Narrated by: Mike Cooper
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
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To secure a comfortable afterlife, ancient Egyptians built fortress-like tombs and filled them with precious goods, a practice that generated staggering quantities of artifacts over the course of many millennia—and also one that has drawn thieves and tomb-raiders to Egypt since antiquity. Drawing on modern scholarship, reportage, and period sources, this book tracks the history of treasure-seekers in Egypt and the social contexts in which they operated, revealing striking continuities throughout time.
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Buried treasure
- By S. Mee on 05-09-24
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A Short History of Tomb-Raiding
- The Epic Hunt for Egypt’s Treasures
- Narrated by: Mike Cooper
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 25-04-23
- Language: English
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Native Southerners
- Indigenous History from Origins to Removal
- By: Gregory D. Smithers
- Narrated by: Gary Roelofs
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
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Long before the indigenous people of southeastern North America first encountered Europeans and Africans, they established communities with clear social and political hierarchies and rich cultural traditions. Award-winning historian Gregory D. Smithers brings this world to life in Native Southerners, a sweeping narrative of American Indian history in the Southeast from the time before European colonialism to the Trail of Tears and beyond.
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Native Southerners
- Indigenous History from Origins to Removal
- Narrated by: Gary Roelofs
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 16-08-21
- Language: English
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Inka Human Sacrifice and Mountain Worship
- Strategies for Empire Unification
- By: Thomas Besom
- Narrated by: Kelly Klaas
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
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The Inka empire was the largest pre-Columbian polity in the New World. Its vast expanse, its ethnic diversity, and the fact that the empire may have been consolidated in less than a century have prompted much scholarly interest in its creation. In this study, Besom explores the ritual practices of human sacrifice and the worship of mountains, attested in both archaeological investigations and ethnohistorical sources, as tools in the establishment and preservation of political power.
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Inka Human Sacrifice and Mountain Worship
- Strategies for Empire Unification
- Narrated by: Kelly Klaas
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 23-07-13
- Language: English
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The Sea of Galilee Boat
- Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical Archaeology Series
- By: Shelley Wachsmann
- Narrated by: Charles Henderson Norman
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
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On a cold, cloudy day in early February 1985, Shelley Wachsmann, then resident nautical archaeologist for the Israel Department of Antiquities and Museums, drove to Kibbutz Ginosar, an agricultural settlement near the shores of the Sea of Galilee. Two brothers, avid amateur archaeologists, had found a boat buried in the lake, its outlines revealed by receding lake waters. The boat was "possibly ancient," according to the handwritten note placed on Wachsmann's desk a day or two before.
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The Sea of Galilee Boat
- Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical Archaeology Series
- Narrated by: Charles Henderson Norman
- Series: Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical Archaeology
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 12-02-19
- Language: English
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Exploring the Dinosaurs of North America
- 10 Iconic Species
- By: Anthony Farrior
- Narrated by: Jody Thompson
- Length: 12 mins
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North America boasts a rich history of dinosaurs, with a diverse array of species that once roamed its ancient landscapes. From fearsome predators to gentle herbivores, these creatures left an indelible mark on the continent's geological and paleontological record.
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Exploring the Dinosaurs of North America
- 10 Iconic Species
- Narrated by: Jody Thompson
- Length: 12 mins
- Release date: 22-04-24
- Language: English
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Rome at War
- Farms, Families, and Death in the Middle Republic
- By: Nathan Rosenstein
- Narrated by: Rene Ruiz
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
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Historians have long asserted that during and after the Hannibalic War, the Roman Republic's need to conscript men for long-term military service helped bring about the demise of Italy's small farms and that the misery of impoverished citizens then became fuel for the social and political conflagrations of the late republic. Nathan Rosenstein challenges this claim, showing how Rome reconciled the needs of war and agriculture throughout the middle republic.
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Rome at War
- Farms, Families, and Death in the Middle Republic
- Narrated by: Rene Ruiz
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 31-12-09
- Language: English
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Ships from the Depths: Deepwater Archaeology
- Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical Archaeology Series
- By: Fredrik Søreide
- Narrated by: Rich Brennan
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
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Deepwater archaeology uncovers secrets from the ancient maritime past...Thousands of shipwrecks and archaeological sites lie undiscovered in deep water, potentially holding important clues to our maritime past. Ships from the Depths surveys the dramatic advances in technology over the last few years that have made it possible for scientists to locate, study, and catalogue archaeological sites in waters previously inaccessible to humans. Søreide provides an introduction to and survey of the history, development, and potential of this exciting branch of nautical archaeology.
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Ships from the Depths: Deepwater Archaeology
- Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical Archaeology Series
- Narrated by: Rich Brennan
- Series: Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical Archaeology
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 24-07-20
- Language: English
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