( And, no, there had not been a nuclear blast.) The ancients who had inhabited Usa, called Yanks, had obviously worshipped many gods, as evidenced by the many monuments placed along the mysterious grey stripes that crisscrossed the country, deep under the debris of the catastrophe. This advanced civilization had been destroyed in one catastrophic day in 1985. In 4022 AD, Howard Carson, an archeologist, fell down a shaft in the detritus that covered the ancient country of Usa. It’s also fascinating to learn about ancient people’s cultures, religion, and daily life from objects found in ruins.īut wait, do the objects really tell us the story…or are there interpreters who may argue among themselves and may even all be wrong? When I first read Motel of the Mysteries, I suddenly realized that even if all the history books agree, they could actually be completely off track.Įvery few years our family needs a reminder of this fact, so we borrow this hilarious book by David Macaulay from the library again. That makes sense, and it’s fascinating to see all the artifacts in books or, even better, in museums. Everyone who studies ancient history relies on archeological finds.
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