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The emperor's silent army

terracotta warriors of Ancient China
2002
Describes the archaeological discovery of thousands of life-sized terracotta warrior statues in northern China in 1974, and discusses the emperor who had them created and placed near his tomb.

Lincoln's grave robbers

2012
An account of how counterfeiter Benjamin Boyd's gang stole the body of Abraham Lincoln and demanded Boyd's release from jail and two hundred thousand dollars as ransom and the efforts of the Secret Service to recover the remains.

In search of Tutankhamun

the discovery of a king's tomb
1999
Describes the discovery of the tomb of the Egyptian king Tutankhamun and what it revealed about everyday life in his time.

Discovering Tut-ankh-Amen's tomb

1968
Describes archaeologist Howard Carter's discovery of the tomb of Tut-ankh-amen and the artifacts found there.

An Egyptian tomb

2008
An illustrated biography of Nebamun, an official and nobleman who lived in ancient Egypt during the eighteenth dynasty, that examines various paintings from his tomb that were removed in ancient times.

Stealing Lincoln's body

2007
Provides an account of the attempted theft of President Abraham Lincoln's corpse in 1876 by a gang of Chicago counterfeiters who planned to hold the body for ransom, shares the secret of where Lincoln and his young son were buried after the robbery attempt, and discusses the return of the remains to their present location.

Hidden army

clay soldiers of ancient China
2011
Illustrations and easy-to-follow text describe the army of clay soldiers that were created by China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, and how twentieth-century farmers uncovered the army, which had been buried for over two thousand years.

The gold in the grave

2006
Grave robbers devise an elaborate plan to steal King Tutanhkhamen's riches after his funeral.

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