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Underground : a human history of the worlds beneath our feet / Will Hunt
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904.7 HUN
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London: Simon & Schuster
Year:
2019
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275 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Isbn:
9781471139574
Notes:
First published in the United States by Spiegel & Grau, 2018.
Includes a section on the ancient Aboriginal ochre mine at Wilgie Mia p.95-120.
Signed by Author, Feb 2019.
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Book
Abstract:
Hunt's first tunnel trips inspired a lifelong fascination with exploring underground worlds, from the derelict subway stations and sewers of New York City to the sacred caves, catacombs, and tombs, from bunkers to ancient underground cities in more than
twenty countries around the world. In a narrative spanning continents and epochs, Hunt tracks the origins of life with a team of NASA microbiologists a mile beneath the Black Hills, descends with an Aboriginal family into a 35,000-year-old sacred mine in the Australian outback, and more. Each adventure is woven with findings in mythology and anthropology, natural history and neuroscience, literature and philosophy.
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Contents:
Descend -- The crossing -- The intraterrestrials -- The ochre miners -- The burrowers -- The lost -- The hidden bison -- The dark zone -- The cult
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