The lost dinosaurs of Egypt

=001  21648=003  DLC=005  20030508081920.0=008  030703s2002    nyuabf        001 0 eng=010  ##$a2002075172=020  ##$a0375507957 (hc. : alk. paper)=041  0#$aeng=042  ##$apcc=043  ##$af-ua---=050  00$aQE862.S3 $bN68 2002=082  00$a567.9962 $221=092  ##$a567.90962 $bN912 l=100  1#$aNothdurft, William E.=245  14$aThe lost dinosaurs of Egypt / $cWilliam Nothdurft with Josh Smith ... [et al.].=250  ##$a1st ed.=260  ##$aNew York : $bRandom House, $c2002=300  ##$a242 p., [16] p. of plates : $bill., map ; $c24 cm.=504  ##$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [217]-221) and index.=520  1#$a"The Date is January 11, 1911. A young German paleontologist, accompanied only by a guide, a cook, four camels, and a couple of camel drivers, reaches the lip of the vast Bahariya Depression after a long trek across the bleak plateau of the western desert of Egypt. The scientist, Ernst Freiherr Stromer von Reichenbach, hopes to find fossil evidence of early mammals. In this, he will be disappointed, for the rocks here will prove to be much older than he thinks. They are nearly a hundred million years old. Stromer is about to learn that he has walked into the age of the dinosaurs." "At the bottom of the Bahariya Depression, Stromer will find the remains of four immense and entirely new dinosaurs, along with dozens of other unique specimens. But there will be reversals - shipments delayed for years by war, fossils shattered in transit, stunning personal and professional setbacks. Then, in a single cataclysmic night, all of his work will be destroyed and Ernst Stromer will slip into history and be forgotten." "The Date is January 11, 2000 - eighty-nine years to the day after Stromer descended into Bahariya. Another young paleontologist, American graduate student Josh Smith, has brought a team of fellow scientists to Egypt to find Stromer's dinosaur graveyard and resurrect the German pioneer's legacy. After weeks of digging, often under appalling conditions, they fail utterly at rediscovering any of Stromer's dinosaur species." "Then, just when they are about to declare defeat, Smith's team discovers a dinosaur of such staggering immensity that it will stun the world of paleontology and make headlines around the globe."--BOOK JACKET.=600  10$aStromer, Ernst.=650  #0$aDinosaurs $zEgypt $zBahariya Oasis.=650  #0$aPaleontological excavations $zEgypt $zBahariya Oasis.=650  #0$aPaleontology $yCretaceous.=650  #0$aParalititan stromeri $zEgypt $zBahariya Oasis.=700  1#$aSmith, Josh.=970  01$tAcknowledgments $p223=970  01$tBibliography $p217=970  01$tIndex $p227=970  01$tNotes $p207=970  11$l1 $tReaping the Whirlwind $p7=970  11$l10 $tLost World of the Lost Dinosaurs $p180=970  11$l2 $tThe Bone-Hunting Aristocrat $p21=970  11$l3 $tUnearthing a Legend $p46=970  11$l4 $tDragomen, Fossils, and Fleas $p66=970  11$l5 $tThe Road to Bahariya $p83=970  11$l6 $tFinds and Losses $p102=970  11$l7 $tSand, Wind, and Time $p118=970  11$l8 $tThe Hill Near Death $p138=970  11$l9 $tSolving Stromer's Riddle $p156=970  11$tEpilogue: Memorials $p201=970  11$tMap of Egypt=970  11$tPrologue: Death and Resurrection $p3=LDR  03544nam a22005654a 4500