Dinner with King Tut: how rogue archaeologists are re-creating the sights, sounds, smells, and tastes of lost civilizations

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"... An archaeological romp through the entire history of humankind--and through all five senses--from tropical Polynesian islands toforbidding arctic ice floes, and everywhere in between."--Provided by publisher.

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