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Could Griffins have been real? When Adrienne Mayor carefully read the ancient Greek and Roman descriptions, this mythic hybrid of a lion and an eagle sounded like something people had actually seen. What could explain that evidence? After a decade of hunting through myths, poring over old maps, and tracing the discoveries of modern dinosaur hunters, she found the answer: awesome dinosaur fossils observed by ancient gold-hunters in the Gobi desert. Here is the story of one insightful, curious, and determined woman who solved the mystery of the Griffin, and invented a new science. Now she and others travel the world matching myths and fossils.
About the Author
All of my books start with questions, and I hope they prompt readers to ask questions of their own. I find history history endlessly fascinating. It is the detective story that yields us as the answer. I try to write each book with the same care I would put into a novel, but with the same respect for truth as a judge in a court of law.
