Book 1979
Motel of the Mysteries
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- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1979
- Humor
- Modern Civilization
- Antiquities
- Anecdotes
- Fiction in English
- Egyptology
- Tutankhamun
- Motel Life
An arch and witty tale purporting to be the dissertation of some future archeologists' discovery and exploration of the "Toot and C'mon Motel" (any resemblance to a Holiday Inn and the Egyptian pharaoh is entirely intentional.) In the process, they get just about every detail wrong, surmising it to be a necropolis - does the "Plant That Would Not Die" symbolize eternal life or… wait a minute, isn't that just the ubiquitous plastic philodendron in every room? - and along the way cast doubt on what we really think we "know" about ancient Egypt. It's all enhanced by Macaulay's detailed and meticulous pen-and-ink sketches. Hilarious and memorable.