Dinner with King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Re-Creating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations
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Book Overview Finalist for the 2026 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER INDIE BESTSELLER The New Yorker's Best ...
Finalist for the 2026 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER INDIE BESTSELLER The New Yorker's Best Books of 2025
From "one of America's smartest and most charming writers" (NPR), an archaeological romp through the entire history of humankind--and through all five senses--from tropical Polynesian islands to forbidding arctic ice floes, and everywhere in between.
Whether it's the mighty pyramids of Egypt or the majestic temples of Mexico, we have a good idea of what the past looked like. But what about our other senses: The tang of Roman fish sauce and the springy crust of Egyptian sourdough? The boom of medieval cannons and the clash of Viking swords? The frenzied plays of an Aztec ballgame...and the chilling reality that the losers might also lose their lives?
History often neglects the tastes, textures, sounds, and smells that were an intimate part of our ancestors' lives, but a new generation of researchers is resurrecting those hidden details, pioneering an exciting new discipline called experimental archaeology. These are scientists gone rogue: They make human mummies. They investigate the unsolved murders of ancient bog bodies. They carve primitive spears and go hunting, then knap their own obsidian blades to skin the game. They build perilous boats and plunge out onto the open sea--all in the name of experiencing history as it was, with all its dangers, disappointments, and unexpected delights.
Beloved author Sam Kean joins these experimental archaeologists on their adventures across the globe, from the Andes to the South Seas. He fires medieval catapults, tries his hand at ancient surgery and tattooing, builds Roman-style roads--and, in novelistic interludes, spins gripping tales about the lives of our ancestors with vivid imagination and his signature meticulous research.
Lively, offbeat, and filled with stunning revelations about our past, Dinner with King Tut sheds light on days long gone and the intrepid experts resurrecting them today, with startling, lifelike detail and more than a few laughs along the way.
Smithsonian's Top 10 Science Books of the Year The History Channel's Best New History Books of 2025 Washington Independent Review of Books's 51 Favorite Books of 2025 Amazon's Best Books of the Year
Winner of the Non-Obvious Book Award's Most Original Book of the Year
Book Details Format: Paperback | Publisher: BACK BAY BOOKS | ISBN: 0316496537
FormatPaperback
ISBN0316496537
EAN9780316496537
PublisherBACK BAY BOOKS
Publication Date2026-05-19
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeQUALITY PAPERBACK BOOKS
Weight0.79 Pounds
Length8.23 Inches
Width5.48 Inches
Height1.16 Inches
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