by David Macaulay
I'm glad I read this again. I understand so much more of what's going on, though I know I'm still missing a great deal. It is so humorous to see them continually get things wrong. The TV as an altar - though that's not terribly far off - the bathroom as the inner burial chamber, and Monument Row. ...
Sometime in junior high or high school I bumped into Motel of the Mysteries in a library. And while I'm not sure it changed my life, it intrigued me like crazy, because other kids that I talked to weren't sure if it was real or not. The text seemed to imply that this was all true, sort of. (I don't ...
I first read this book when I was around 8 or 9 years old. It is a richly descriptive and satirical look at the archaeology/physical anthropology of our present (or the present at the time of publication, 1979) in the distant future. Page by page, future archaeologist Howard Carson uncovers the unto...
Pretty much a one-note joke, but fun.
I've read quite a few of David Macauley's books, mostly the ones like [b:Castle|847018|Castle|David Macaulay|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1295715078s/847018.jpg|1499337]: meticulously illustrated and highly researched nonfiction. Motel of the Mysteries is another thing entirely. Set nearly two mille...
I kept seeing this book mentioned everywhere for some reason, so I finally ILLed it. It’s a short, quick read, and concerns an amateur archaeologist from far in the future, who makes a major archaeological discovery in the ruins of the former nation called Usa and populated by “Yanks.”Although it do...
haha. we read this for lit class, and it was hilarious. loved it. :)
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