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Quality


This is the classic, tongue in cheek, story of an archeological dig, set in the future, of site based on current society.


) a good introduction to archeological studies, and the necessity for keeping an open mind.


The drawings are as good as the text, and moments in the book get almost monty pythonesque.


The illustrations, while minimal and non-technical, provide the context to accompany the descriptions.

Price


You won’t be sad if you are required to buy this, besides the fact that i’m sure you’ll have thousands of dollars in other book...  Read More


But… the belly laugh moments from these short pages are priceless as we take an original look at 1980’s life from 400 years in the future.

Competitiveness


I used this to compare and contrast the finding of king tut's tomb to the motel with my sixth grade class.

Overview

  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    future, great, archeological, found and ancient.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has determined that the review content quality is high and informative.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 787 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 6 2025.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The drawings are as good as the text and moments in the book get almost monty pythonesque


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I was required to buy this book for my archaeology class and write a three page paper about it


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    You won’t be sad if you are required to buy this besides the fact that i’m sure you’ll have thousands of dollars in other books to spend for classes


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I was given motel of the mysteries back in 1985


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    That same year i loaned it to someone and sadly never got it back


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I listened to an archaeology lecture where the book was mentioned and i grabbed a copy from amazon


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I thought it would be more of a kids book but it is high school at least or at least to be able to get some of the jokes


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    It is a kind of parody of archeological finds king tuts tomb set in the future where a current day motel is uncovered and strange uses are then connected to the things they find

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Created with Highcharts 6.0.101:20:2903006009001200Thursday, Mar 6, 2025 Value: 787

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