Dinner with King Tut : How Rogue Archaeologists Are Recreating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Disappearing Spoon, a romp through the entire history of humankind-from 75,000 B.C. to the dawn of the modern age. From the mighty pyramids of Egypt to the majestic temples of the Aztec, we have a good idea of what the past looked like.But what about our other senses: The tang of Roman fish sauce, and the springy crust of Egyptian sourdough?The boom of medieval cannons and clash of Viking swords?The breathless plays of an Aztec ballgame, and the chilling reality that the losers might also lose their lives?History all too often neglects the tastes, textures, sounds, and smells that were an intimate part of our ancestors' daily experience, but a new generation of researchers is resurrecting those hidden details, pioneering an exciting new discipline called experimental archaeology.These are scientists gone rogue: They make human mummies.They carve ancient spears and go hunting, then knap their own obsidian blades to skin the game.They bui