Flying Snakes and Griffin Claws: And Other Classical Myths, Historical Oddities, and Scientific Curiosities

By Mayor, Adrienne

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9780691211183
Publisher
Princeton Univ.


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Reviewed on April 1, 2022  |  Social Sciences

Mayor (Gods and Robots) examines myths and classical oddities and offers both theoretical and accepted explanations for curiosities in the past. A unicorn horn from a king's treasury may be a narwhal tusk, and digging further, she gives examples of how they might have found a tusk so far from an ocean. In the absence of physical evidence, such as the story of the flying snakes, Mayor offers many potential exp...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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