Books like Valley of the Kings by Cecelia Holland

Amelia Peabody, a thirty‑one‑year‑old Victorian gentlewoman and renowned Egyptologist, travels to Cairo with a troubled companion to pursue her passion, only to uncover a murder plot and a mysterious, homicidal mummy.

La cuala de la novela, Ramsés, una momia inmortal, revive en Londres y regresa al Cairo, donde su pasión por Cleopatra desencadena tragedias que afectan a quienes lo rodean.

A historical adventure novel about a Chilean seamstress who flees to Peru and forms a passionate bond with a conquistador, leading to the creation of a new city and a clash between the Spanish and indigenous peoples of Chile.

An Egyptologist on a quest for an apocryphal king’s tomb, his ambition intertwines with a global detective mystery across desert plains, Australian slums, Boston ballrooms, WWI battlefields, and a royal court in upheaval.

In 1922, the British archaeologist Henry Carter opened King Tutankhamun's tomb, illuminating the glories of an ancient civilization. And while the world celebrated the extraordinary revelation that gave Carter international renown and an indelible place in history, by the time of his death, the discovery had nearly destroyed him. Now, in a stunning feat of narrative nonfiction, Daniel Meyerson has written a thrilling and evocative account of this remarkable man and his times.Carter began his career inauspiciously. At the age of seventeen--unknown, untrained, untried--he was hired as a copyist of tomb art by the brash, brilliant, and boldly unkempt father of modern archaeology, W. F. Petrie. Carter struck out on his own a few years later, sensing that something amazing lay buried beneath his feet, waiting for him to uncover it.But others had the same idea: The ancient cities of Egypt were crawling with European adventurers and their wealthy sponsors, each hoping to outdo the others with glittering discoveries--even as growing nationalist resentment against foreigners plundering the country's most treasured antiquities simmered dangerously in the background.Not until Carter met up with the risk-taking, adventure-loving occultist Lord Carnarvon did his fortunes change. There were stark differences in personality and temperament between the cantankerous Carter and his gregarious patron, but together they faced down endless ridicule from the most respected explorers of the day. Seven dusty and dispiriting years after their first meeting, their dream came to astonishing life. But there would be a price to pay for this partnership, their discovery, and the glory and fame it brought both men--and the chain of events that transpired in the wake of their success remains fascinating and shocking to this day.An enthralling story told with unprecedented verve, In the Valley of the Kings is a tale of mania and greed, of fame and lost fortune, of history and its damnations. As he did in The Linguist and the Emperor, Daniel Meyerson puts his exciting storytelling powers on full display, revealing an almost forgotten time when past and present came crashing together with the power to change--or curse--men's lives.From the Hardcover edition.

In the 1740s, the brigantine Wager, separated from Commodore Anson’s squadron, is wrecked off Cape Horn; its crew survives a harsh ordeal on the coast of Chile before reaching Valparaíso.

A German archaeologist on a Turkish hillside unearthed Troy, convinced the Iliad’s heroes were real. His wife, a Greek archaeologist, discovers hidden artifacts that raise doubts about his past and the integrity of his claims.

In 1914, a British archaeologist unearths an Assyrian palace on the brink of destruction by a Baghdad railroad while American geologists and other adventurers vie for control of Iraq’s secret oil fields.

Artemisia Gentileschi, apprenticed by her painter father Orazio, rises from scandal after being raped by a close associate to win a landmark courtroom battle, gaining acclaim among Rome’s elite.

Althea Tomlinson returns to Egypt to drive a spoiled teen through the desert, but the journey uncovers her father's ruined past and a deadly mystery that threatens her life.

Amelia Peabody and her family arrive in 1911 Egypt for a summer dig, only to discover a murder, a suspect artisan, and a mysterious child—turning a quiet archaeological season into a thrilling mystery.

A suspenseful tale of love, murder, and a mysterious goddess in the Tuscan countryside.