Customer Reviews
Very Funny!! - By: , 23 Mar 1999 
We read this book at school & its really good! Its hard to understand if you are a kid under 10 because it uses archological terms. The pictures are REALLY funny & its good to read if you are studing the Egyptians or Howard Carter.In my opion it is one of the best books ever writen!!!!!!!!!
wonderful spoof of archaeology - By: , 02 Feb 1999 The more you know about archaeology, the more you'll laugh at the subtle jokes. The parallels with Howard Carter's discovery of Tutankamen's tomb are hilarious, as is the reference to Schlieman's discovery of Trojan Gold. If you have any friends who are archaeologists, give them this book!
It doesn't get better than this. - By: , 11 Jan 1999 As a trained archeologist, I must say that I found this book to be humorous & delightful. A great gift for any anthropologist.
Funny Book Easy To Read Good For All Ages - By: , 05 Aug 1998 Recently, I have come across one of the books that I had a whille back & I was really excited to read it. The book is called Motel of the Mysteries & is written by David MacAulay.
In this book the story startsin the present where the whole intire Northern American Continent is covered with an avalance of junk mail. Instantly killing everyone, there is not much known about the 'Yanks' from then on. That is untill the year 4022 where an amateur archeologist finds himself at the entrance of an ancient 'Usa' burial site.
This book is interesting to read because the reader is left to wonder how much do the 'experts' of today really understand about the ancient civilizations. It is a very cute book & isn't that hard to read so a young reader could enjoy it as well as an older one. Overall I think Motel of the Mysteries is a funny book & should be read by anyone interestedin history & humor.
- Cole
Loads of fun for adults too. - By: , 23 Jul 1998 Motel of the Mysteries is one of those books that makes you rethink your acceptance of things. I loved the blundering assumptions of what things were & why they werein the "tomb". Most importantly the book did make me step back & question the assumptions that may have been made about other things. If they could be this wrong about the purpose of a toilet seat, have we also been wrongin our assumptions.
