Dinner with King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Recreating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations
By Sam Kean
Little, Brown and Company, 2025

History often neglects the tastes, textures, sounds, and smells of the past, but a new generation of researchers is resurrecting those hidden realities in a discipline called experimental archaeology, in which they replicate past practices to bridge the gap between ancient lived experiences and archaeological records. Author Sam Kean joins these experts on their adventures across the globe, spinning gripping tales about the lives of our ancestors with vivid imagination, meticulous research, and more than a few laughs along the way.

About the Author
Sam Kean is The New York Times bestselling author of seven books about science and history. A South Dakota native who studied physics and English in Minnesota, Kean now lives in DC, where he talks about science on NPR and writes for the likes of The New Yorker and The Atlantic in his spare time.

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