Book recommendation: I heard about this book earlier today when I called my friend Joan Uda in Montana. I suggested we have lunch "together" by phone, and we talked across the miles as we ate lunch in different states and different time zones. She also suggested a couple of other books, and I told her what I was reading. When we got off the phone, after nearly an hour, I put this book on reserve at my library.
The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder ~ by Douglas Preston, (Foreword by David Grann), 2023, true stories, 320 pages
Douglas Preston, author of the bestselling The Lost City of the Monkey God, presents the jaw-dropping discovery of a vast Egyptian tomb containing dozens of sealed burial chambers. What’s it like to be the first to enter an Egyptian burial chamber that’s been sealed for thousands of years? Where might a blocked doorway or newly excavated corridor lead? And what might this stupendous tomb reveal about the most powerful pharaoh in Egyptian history?
The book brings together an astonishing and compelling collection of true stories about buried pirate treasure, enigmatic murders, lost tombs, bizarre crimes, archaeological mysteries, and other fascinating tales. Preston broke the story of an extraordinary mass grave of animals killed by the asteroid impact that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs, he explored what lay hidden in the booby-trapped "Money Pit" on Oak Island, and he roamed the haunted hills of Italy in search of the Monster of Florence. In other words, Douglas Preston has written about some of the world’s strangest and most dramatic mysteries.
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