Could Griffins have been real? When Adrienne Mayor carefully read the ancient Greek and Roman descriptions, this mythic hybrid of a lion and an eagle sounded like something people had actually seen. What could explain that evidence? After a decade of hunting through myths, poring over old maps, and tracing the discoveries of modern dinosaur hunters, she found the answer: awesome dinosaur fossils observed by ancient gold-hunters in the Gobi desert. Here is the story of one insightful, curious, and determined woman who solved the mystery of the Griffin, and invented a new science. Now she and others travel the world matching myths and fossils.
- ISBN10 1426311087
- ISBN13 9781426311086
- Publish Date 8 April 2014
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 12 August 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint National Geographic Kids
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 45
- Language English
- URL http://harpercollins.co.uk