grave robbing

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Los artistas de huesos

"A Louisiana teen tries to make tuition money working for a sinister organization but finds that leaving comes at a terrible cost. Oliver is saving to attend his dream college in the fall and leave behind his family's New Orleans antique shop for good. And if his job just happens to involve robbing graves for a group calling themselves the Bone Artists, well, money is money, and it's only for now. But Oliver soon learns that the Bone Artists don't take kindly to deserters. And there are some debts that can never be repaid"--Provided by publisher.
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The city of sand

Teens Tianyi, his best friend Kai, and Julie, a wealthy American, join with Professor Chen and local guide Asat Amat seek the lost city of Jinjue, hindered by lethal creatures and an evil force.
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Tomb robbers

stolen treasures
2017
Discover why some ancient Egyptians dared to risk their lives to steal from the dead. Readers will also learn about the tricks tomb and pyramid builders used to hide burial chambers from grave robbers.

Ramses II

the most powerful pharaoh of ancient Egypt
2018
The life of Ramses II offers some particularly unique intrigues that appear in his many campaigns throughout the ancient world.

The accidental afterlife of Thomas Marsden

At age twelve, grave robber Thomas Marsden discovers a boy who looks just like him in an unmarked grave and begins a journey of discovery as he learns of faeries trapped in London and their hope that he can return them to their realm.

Lincoln's grave robbers

2014
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.

The body-snatcher

2014
In this graphic retelling of a short story by Robert Louis Stevenson, a young medical student in nineteenth century Edinburgh accepts corpses for dissection that were stolen from fresh graves, until he recognizes the corpse as a friend who was murdered.

The accidental afterlife of Thomas Marsden

2015
At age twelve, grave robber Thomas Marsden discovers a boy who looks just like him in an unmarked grave and begins a journey of discovery as he learns of faeries trapped in London and their hope that he can return them to their realm.

The magnificent Lizzie Brown and the devil's hound

2015
Lizzie is now an established member of Fitzy's Circus, but when the circus arrives in Kensal Green they are plagued by accidents and sickness and Lizzie needs to put her psychic talents to use to solve the mystery of a graveyard haunted by a devil hound.

A Grave matter

a Lady Darby mystery
Scotland, 1830. Following the death of her dear friend, Lady Kiera Darby is in need of a safe haven. Returning to her childhood home, Kiera hopes her beloved brother, Trevor, and the merriment of the Hogmanay Ball will distract her. But when a caretaker is murdered and a grave is disturbed at nearby Dryburgh Abbey, Kiera is once more thrust into the cold grasp of death. While Kiera knows that aiding in another inquiry will only further tarnish her reputation, her knowledge of anatomy could make the difference in solving the case.

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