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The griffin and the dinosaur : how Adrienne Mayor discovered a fascinating link between myth and science
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Traces the research scientist co-author'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 ...
Traces the research scientist co-author'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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- Creator
- Marc Aronson with Adrienne Mayor ; illustrated by Chris Muller
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
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- Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2014]
- Physical Details
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- 48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781426311086, 1426311087, 9781426311093, 1426311095
- OCLC
- ocn875538189
- 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
Subjects
- Griffins -- Juvenile literature.
- Mythology, Scythian -- Juvenile literature.
- Animals, Fossil -- Juvenile literature.
- Dinosaurs -- Juvenile literature.
- Mayor, Adrienne, 1946- -- Juvenile literature.
- Griffins.
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- Mythology, Scythian.
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- Prehistoric animals.
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- Dinosaurs.
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- Mayor, Adrienne, 1946-
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