Motel of the Mysteries

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Very Funny!! - Rated
We read this book at school and its really good! Its hard to understand if you are a kid under 10 because it uses archological terms. The pictures are REALLY funny and its good to read if you are studing the Egyptians or Howard Carter.In my opion it is one of the best books ever writen!!!!!!!!!

wonderful spoof of archaeology - Rated
The more you know about archaeology, the more you'll laugh at the subtle jokes. The parallels with Howard Carter's discovery of Tutankamen's tomb are hilarious, as is the reference to Schlieman's discovery of Trojan Gold. If you have any friends who are archaeologists, give them this book!

It doesn't get better than this. - Rated
As a trained archeologist, I must say that I found this book to be humorous and delightful. A great gift for any anthropologist.

Funny Book Easy To Read Good For All Ages - Rated
Recently, I have come across one of the books that I had a whille back and I was really excited to read it. The book is called Motel of the Mysteries and is written by David MacAulay.

In this book the story starts in the present where the whole intire Northern American Continent is covered with an avalance of junk mail. Instantly killing everyone, there is not much known about the 'Yanks' from then on. That is untill the year 4022 where an amateur archeologist finds himself at the entrance of an ancient 'Usa' burial site.

This book is interesting to read because the reader is left to wonder how much do the 'experts' of today really understand about the ancient civilizations. It is a very cute book and isn't that hard to read so a young reader could enjoy it as well as an older one. Overall I think Motel of the Mysteries is a funny book and should be read by anyone interested in history and humor.

- Cole

Loads of fun for adults too. - Rated
Motel of the Mysteries is one of those books that makes you rethink your acceptance of things. I loved the blundering assumptions of what things were and why they were in the "tomb". Most importantly the book did make me step back and question the assumptions that may have been made about other things. If they could be this wrong about the purpose of a toilet seat, have we also been wrong in our assumptions.