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From Mummies to Tattoos to Eunuchs

Dinner With King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists are Re-Creating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations by Sam Kean

July 26, 2025 by bjornsnipe 4 Comments

Sam Kean also loved the idea of archeology, but never the actually practice; all that digging for a couple of pot shards was not his idea of a good time. Then he discovered experimental archeology: people attempting to recreate the foods, clothing, weapons, architecture, and medicine of ancient civilizations. This book is the record of his foray into the field, organized chronologically from 75,000 years ago in Africa with a spear hunter to the 1500s in Mexico with an enemy of the Aztecs assisting the […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #AztecEmpire, archaeology, mummies, Sam Kean

bjornsnipe's CBR17 Review No:94 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #AztecEmpire, archaeology, mummies, Sam Kean ·
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“This is for the people of the sun”

You Dreamed of Empires by Alvaro Enrigue

February 22, 2024 by Bea Pants Leave a Comment

  I honestly just thought of leaving the lyrics to RATM’s “People of the Sun” as my review for this strange, hallucinatory story of the first meeting between two global empires. It’s a fictionalized account of Hernan Cortes’ arrival in the city of Tenochtitlan and meeting with Monteczuma. Without spoiling too much, I’ll say there is a critical change to the true story. It’s a picture of a moment in history that bears little resemblance to American history books but is no less worth reading. […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, History, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: #AztecEmpire, #HernanCortes, #Moctezuma, Álvaro Enrigue

Bea Pants's CBR16 Review No:7 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, History, Speculative Fiction · Tags: #AztecEmpire, #HernanCortes, #Moctezuma, Álvaro Enrigue ·
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