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Archaeology in Fiction
- Author
- Scott C. Viguié
- Narrator
- Scott C. Viguié, Austin Downey
- Publish Date
- 25 August 2015
- Run Time
- 4 hours 25 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Popular fiction is filled with images of archaeologists as daring adventurers who constantly risk life and limb in the pursuit of fabulous antiquities of immense historical and monetary value. There are evil villains, great romances, and unknown perils lurking around every corner.
That’s the view many people have of archaeology. But what is the truth behind the myth? And why have the myths persisted for so long?
In this book you’ll explore the fiction surrounding archaeology, why we as people love and perpetuate that fiction, and what the truth behind the fiction really is.
Sometimes truth really is stranger than fiction. Come along and explore both.
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Details
- Author
- Scott C. Viguié
- Narrator
- Scott C. Viguié, Austin Downey
- Duration
- 4 hours 25 minutes
- Release Date
- 25 August 2015
- ISBN
- 9781504666114
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Archaeology, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Science fiction, Fantasy
Synopsis
Popular fiction is filled with images of archaeologists as daring adventurers who constantly risk life and limb in the pursuit of fabulous antiquities of immense historical and monetary value. There are evil villains, great romances, and unknown perils lurking around every corner.That’s the view many people have of archaeology. But what is the truth behind the myth? And why have the myths persisted for so long?In this book you’ll explore the fiction surrounding archaeology, why we as people love and perpetuate that fiction, and what the truth behind the fiction really is.Sometimes truth really is stranger than fiction. Come along and explore both.
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