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title: "Motel of the Mysteries: In 4022, amateur archeologist Howard Carson unearths a sealed motel room and misreads 1980s America as a lost civilization"
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# Motel of the Mysteries: In 4022, amateur archeologist Howard Carson unearths a sealed motel room and misreads 1980s America as a lost civilization

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- **What is this?** Motel of the Mysteries: In 4022, amateur archeologist Howard Carson unearths a sealed motel room and misreads 1980s America as a lost civilization
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It is the year 4022; all of the ancient country of Usa has been buried under many feet of detritus from a catastrophe that occurred back in 1985. Imagine, then, the excitement that Howard Carson, an amateur archeologist at best, experienced when in crossing the perimeter of an abandoned excavation site he felt the ground give way beneath him and found himself at the bottom of a shaft, which, judging from the DO NOT DISTURB sign hanging from an archaic doorknob, was clearly the entrance to a still-sealed burial chamber. Carson's incredible discoveries, including the remains of two bodies, one of then on a ceremonial bed facing an altar that appeared to be a means of communicating with the Gods and the other lying in a porcelain sarcophagus in the Inner Chamber, permitted him to piece together the whole fabric of that extraordinary civilization.

Review: Great send-up of the discovery of Tut Ankh Amun's tomb, substituting a late 1970's budget motel... - This book is hilarious. The late 70's United States is accidentally buried under several feet of junk mail, trapping and entombing the entire country for several centuries. Eventually an archaeologist stumbles upon a sinkhole which leads to the discovery of a budget motel. "Do you see anything?" "Yes, wonderful things!..." And so our culture is rediscovered, misinterpreted, lampooned, and utterly skewered in a send-up of the discovery of Tut Ankh Amun's tomb. Requires some actual reading, the pictures are great and I think it's great social commentary (especially since I'm a member of Generation X!)
Review: Terrific book. - I had to buy copies to lend to people. My own copy is too well used. This is an excellent commentary on archaeological interpretation. As an archaeologist, I find this book wonderfully amusing.

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| Best Sellers Rank | #34,531 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #4 in Teen & Young Adult Prehistory Historical Fiction #27 in Teen & Young Adult Time Travel Fiction #30 in Young Adult Humorous Comics & Graphic Novels |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 882 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great send-up of the discovery of Tut Ankh Amun's tomb, substituting a late 1970's budget motel...
*by T***. on August 6, 2025*

This book is hilarious. The late 70's United States is accidentally buried under several feet of junk mail, trapping and entombing the entire country for several centuries. Eventually an archaeologist stumbles upon a sinkhole which leads to the discovery of a budget motel. "Do you see anything?" "Yes, wonderful things!..." And so our culture is rediscovered, misinterpreted, lampooned, and utterly skewered in a send-up of the discovery of Tut Ankh Amun's tomb. Requires some actual reading, the pictures are great and I think it's great social commentary (especially since I'm a member of Generation X!)

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Terrific book.
*by D***S on January 27, 2026*

I had to buy copies to lend to people. My own copy is too well used. This is an excellent commentary on archaeological interpretation. As an archaeologist, I find this book wonderfully amusing.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Funny!
*by 1***N on January 17, 2026*

Read an excerpt from this years ago in Reader's Digest. Was glad to find the book. So funny!

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