A Million Years in a Day
Subtitle: A Curious History of Everyday Life
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Published: Jan 14, 2015
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9780297869788
Description: Who invented beds? When did we start cleaning our teeth? How old are wine and beer? Which came first: the toilet seat or toilet paper? What was the first clock? Every day, from the moment our alarm clock wakes us in the morning until our head hits our pillow at night, we all take part in rituals that are millennia old. Greg Jenner has scoured Roman rubbish bins, Egyptian tombs and Victorian sewers to bring us the most intriguing, surprising and sometimes downright silly nuggets from our past. Drawn from across the world, spanning a million years of humanity, this book is a smorgasbord of historical delights.
Notes: Source title: A Million Years in a Day: A Curious History of Everyday Life