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The griffin and the dinosaur : how Adrienne Mayor discovered a fascinating link between myth and science / Marc Aronson with Adrienne Mayor ; illustrated by Chris Muller.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublisher: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2014]Copyright date: �2014Description: 1 online resource (48 pages) : illustrations (some color), color mapsContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781426311086
  • 1426311087
  • 9781426311093
  • 1426311095
Other title:
  • Griffin & the dinosaur
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Griffin and the dinosaurDDC classification:
  • 398.2454 23
LOC classification:
  • GR830.G7 A76 2014eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Prairie girl -- The sound of heat -- Sketching griffins -- The cyclops and the griffin pup -- Nomads and gold -- The secret of the flaming cliffs -- Battlefield of the gods -- Stories, stories, everywhere.
Summary: Traces research scientist Adrienne Mayor's explorations in Greece and the Gobi Desert for the origins of the mythical griffin, relating the story of the ancient Scythians and the griffins that were said to have guarded their treasure.
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Traces research scientist Adrienne Mayor's explorations in Greece and the Gobi Desert for the origins of the mythical griffin, relating the story of the ancient Scythians and the griffins that were said to have guarded their treasure.

Includes bibliographical references (page 46) and index.

Prairie girl -- The sound of heat -- Sketching griffins -- The cyclops and the griffin pup -- Nomads and gold -- The secret of the flaming cliffs -- Battlefield of the gods -- Stories, stories, everywhere.

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