Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
THE BLACK STONE OF THE KA‘BAH
LUCY THE HOMINID
THE CODE OF HAMMURABI
THE CONTENTS OF KING TUTANKHAMEN’S TOMB
THE BLACK OBELISK
THE SILOAM INSCRIPTION
THE ROSETTA STONE
THE PORTLAND VASE
THE VEIL OF THE VIRGIN
THE CROWN OF THORNS
THE HOLY LANCE
THE SHROUD OF TURIN
THE BLOOD OF SAINT JANUARIUS
THE RUBENS VASE
THE ANTIOCH CHALICE
THE BOOK OF KELLS
THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY AND THE DOMESDAY BOOK
THE HOLY CHILD OF ARACOELI
COLUMBUS’S BOOKS OF PRIVILEGES
THE CANTINO MAP
THE HOPE DIAMOND
EDMOND HALLEY’S ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATION NOTEBOOKS
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
GEORGE WASHINGTON’S FALSE TEETH
THE CRYPT OF JOHN PAUL JONES
HMS VICTORY
VICE ADMIRAL LORD NELSON’S UNIFORM COAT
THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER
NAPOLEON’S PENIS
LONDON BRIDGE
JEREMY BENTHAM: A PHILOSOPHER FOR THE AGES
THE ONE-CENT MAGENTA
JOHN BROWN’S BIBLE
CAPTAIN DANJOU’S WOODEN HAND
MAJOR GENERAL DANIEL E. SICKLES’S LEG
THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
THE APPOMATTOX SURRENDER TABLES
THE BED LINCOLN DIED IN
LITTLE SORREL, STONEWALL JACKSON’S CHARGER
ROBERT BROWNING’S RELIQUARY
THE ELEPHANT MAN
OWNEY, THE CANINE TRAVELER
THE WRIGHT BROTHERS’ FLYER
THE BREAST-POCKET ITEMS THAT SAVED THE LIFE OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT
PILTDOWN MAN
LADDIE BOY
BABE RUTH’S SIXTIETH-HOME-RUN BAT
JOHN DILLINGER’S WOODEN JAIL-ESCAPE GUN
ANNE FRANK’S DIARY
THE ENOLA GAY
EINSTEIN’S BRAIN
THE RIFLE THAT KILLED PRESIDENT KENNEDY
VOYAGER 1 AND VOYAGER 2’S GOLD-PLATED PHONOGRAPH RECORD FOR EXTRATERRESTRIALS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
SOURCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
KEYWORDS
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
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