First Fossil Hunters  -  Adrienne Mayor

Dinosaurs, Mammoths, and Myth in Greek and Roman Times

KORTE INHOUD

The fascinating story of how the fossils of dinosaurs, mammoths, and other extinct animals influenced some of the most spectacular creatures of classical mythology

Griffins, Centaurs, Cyclopes, and Giants—these fabulous creatures of classical mythology continue to live in the modern imagination through the vivid accounts that have come down to us from the ancient Greeks and Romans. But what if these beings were more than merely fictions? What if monstrous creatures once roamed the earth in the very places...
2011 Taal: Engels zie alle details...

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2011 Uitgever: Princeton University Press 400 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0691150133 ISBN-13: 9780691150130