Motel of the mysteries

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Label

Motel of the mysteries

Statement of responsibility

David Macaulay

Creator

• trueMacaulay, David

Subject

• trueCatastrophism
• Civilization, Modern -- 1950- -- Anecdotes
• Civilization, Modern -- 1950- -- Humor
• trueCivilization, Western -- 20th century -- Humor
• trueExcavations (Archaeology)
• trueFar future
• trueArchaeologists
• trueMotels
• North America -- Antiquities -- Anecdotes
• trueNorth America -- Antiquities -- Humor
• trueReality
• trueMisunderstanding

Genre

• trueHumor
• trueAnecdotes

Language

eng

Summary

It is the year 4022; all of the ancient country of Usa has been buried under many feet of detritus from a catastrophe that occurred back in 1985. Imagine, then, the excitement that Howard Carson, an amateur archeologist at best, experienced when in crossing the perimeter of an abandoned excavation site he felt the ground give way beneath him and found himself at the bottom of a shaft, which, judging from the DO NOT DISTURB sign hanging from an archaic doorknob, was clearly the entrance to a still-sealed burial chamber. Carson's incredible discoveries, including the remains of two bodies, one of then on a ceremonial bed facing an altar that appeared to be a means of communicating with the Gods and the other lying in a porcelain sarcophagus in the Inner Chamber, permitted him to piece together the whole fabric of that extraordinary civilization

Dewey number

818/.5/407

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

LC call number

PN6231.C46

LC item number

M3

Literary form

non fiction

Target audience

adult