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Motel of the Mysteries
David Macaulay, David Macaulay
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An edition of Motel of the mysteries (1979)

Motel of the Mysteries

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An arch and witty tale purporting to be the dissertation of some future archeologists' discovery and exploration of the "Toot and C'mon Motel" (any resemblance to a Holiday Inn and the Egyptian pharaoh is entirely intentional.) In the process, they get just about every detail wrong, surmising it to be a necropolis - does the "Plant That Would Not Die" symbolize eternal life or… wait a minute, isn't that just the ubiquitous plastic philodendron in every room? - and along the way cast doubt on what we really think we "know" about ancient Egypt. It's all enhanced by Macaulay's detailed and meticulous pen-and-ink sketches. Hilarious and memorable.

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Hutchinson
Language
English
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96

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Humor, Modern Civilization, Antiquities, Anecdotes, Fiction in English, Egyptology, Tutankhamun, Motel Life, Archeology, Fiction, humorous, general, Humor, form, parodies, Pictorial American wit and humor, Fiction, humorous, Civilization, modern--humor, Civilization, modern--1950---humor, Antiquities--humor, Pn6231.c46 m3, 818/.5/407

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823/.9/1F

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96p. :
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96

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OL14902043M
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009140651X
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16497691
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53840
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