Great Discoveries and Amazing Adventures

Great Discoveries and Amazing Adventures

Stories of Hidden Marvels and Lost Treasures

by Claire Llewellyn
Publisher: Kingfisher
Hardcover, 80 pages
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Great Discoveries & Amazing Adventures looks at the stories behind some of the world's most astonishing finds.  It focuses on the moment when someone first set eyes on an object that sparked a thrill of discovery and tells the story of the investigations that uncovered the full significance or magnificence of the find.  It features the opening of Tutankhamen's tomb to reveal a wealth of treasures inside, the remarkable fossil discovery that led to dinosaur mania, the astonishing 5,000-year-old mummy that was found preserved in the Alps, the American Gold Rush of 1848, and much more.

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