"A lot of the book was actually me floundering around, failing to complete the projects or figuring out what I was doing wrong," author Sam Kean says about his experimental archaeology adventures.

Source: [Live Science](https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/some-people-called-it-horrifying-dinner-with-king-tut-author-on-using-egyptian-mummification-techniques-on-a-modern-day-human-body)

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