The Origins of Things, Or, How the Hour Got Its Minutes

By John Harvey Williamson and Jack Meinhardt

This book, taken from five years of Origins columns from Archaeology Odyssey, traces the humble beginnings of those things we take for granted, and does it in a lively and informative manner. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1880317605
• ISBN13: 9781880317600
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Biblical Archaeology Society
• Length: 115 Pages

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An assortment of interesting origin descriptions

This volume describes the origin of a number of items that today we take for granted. The essential timelessness of these items can only be fully understood if we know how and when they came into existence in mankind's history.