Lucy's Bones, Sacred Stones, & Einstein's Brain: The Remarkable Stories Behind the Great Objects and Artifacts of History, from Antiquity to the Modern Era PDF
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LUCY’S BONES, SACRED STONES, & EINSTEIN’S BRAIN ALSO BY HARVEY RACHLIN The Making of a Detective (1995) The Making of a Cop (1991) The Songwriter’s Workshop (editor) (1991) The TV and Movie Business (1991) The Songwriter’s and Musician’s Guide to Making Great Demos (1988) The Kennedys: A Chronological History: 1823-Present (1986) The Money Encyclopedia (editor) (1984) Love Grams (1983) The Encyclopedia of the Music Business (1981) The Songwriter’s Handbook (1977) LUCY’S BONES, SACRED STONES, & EINSTEIN’S BRAIN THE REMARKABLE STORIES BEHIND THE GREAT OBJECTS AND ARTIFACTS OF HISTORY, FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE MODERN ERA HARVEY RACHLIN GARRETT COUNTY PRESS Garrett County Digital For more information, please address: www.gcpress.com Copyright © 1996 by Harvey Rachlin All rights reserved. ISBN: 978-1-939430-91-5 Cover design by Kevin Stone (kstonedesign.com) On the cover: Enola Gay. Wikimedia commons: Photo by Toastydave Babe Ruth Bat. Wikimedia commons: Photo by Dave Hogg To the memory of my friend Steven Schulman CONTENTS INTRODUCTION THE BLACK STONE OF THE KA‘BAH LUCY THE HOMINID THE CODE OF HAMMURABI THE CONTENTS OF KING TUTANKHAMEN’S TOMB THE BLACK OBELISK THE SILOAM INSCRIPTION THE ROSETTA STONE THE PORTLAND VASE THE VEIL OF THE VIRGIN THE CROWN OF THORNS THE HOLY LANCE THE SHROUD OF TURIN THE BLOOD OF SAINT JANUARIUS THE RUBENS VASE THE ANTIOCH CHALICE THE BOOK OF KELLS THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY AND THE DOMESDAY BOOK THE HOLY CHILD OF ARACOELI COLUMBUS’S BOOKS OF PRIVILEGES THE CANTINO MAP THE HOPE DIAMOND EDMOND HALLEY’S ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATION NOTEBOOKS THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE GEORGE WASHINGTON’S FALSE TEETH THE CRYPT OF JOHN PAUL JONES HMS VICTORY VICE ADMIRAL LORD NELSON’S UNIFORM COAT THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER NAPOLEON’S PENIS LONDON BRIDGE JEREMY BENTHAM: A PHILOSOPHER FOR THE AGES THE ONE-CENT MAGENTA JOHN BROWN’S BIBLE CAPTAIN DANJOU’S WOODEN HAND MAJOR GENERAL DANIEL E. SICKLES’S LEG THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS THE APPOMATTOX SURRENDER TABLES THE BED LINCOLN DIED IN LITTLE SORREL, STONEWALL JACKSON’S CHARGER ROBERT BROWNING’S RELIQUARY THE ELEPHANT MAN OWNEY, THE CANINE TRAVELER THE WRIGHT BROTHERS’ FLYER THE BREAST-POCKET ITEMS THAT SAVED THE LIFE OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT PILTDOWN MAN LADDIE BOY BABE RUTH’S SIXTIETH-HOME-RUN BAT JOHN DILLINGER’S WOODEN JAIL-ESCAPE GUN ANNE FRANK’S DIARY THE ENOLA GAY EINSTEIN’S BRAIN THE RIFLE THAT KILLED PRESIDENT KENNEDY VOYAGER 1 AND VOYAGER 2’S GOLD-PLATED PHONOGRAPH RECORD FOR EXTRATERRESTRIALS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS SOURCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY KEYWORDS ILLUSTRATION CREDITS LUCY’S BONES, SACRED STONES, & EINSTEIN’S BRAIN
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