The Lost Tomb

And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder

By: Douglas Preston, David Grann - foreword

Narrated by: Will Collyer

Douglas Preston, the #1 bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God, presents jaw-dropping true stories of Egyptian burial chambers, prehistoric ruins, pirate treasure, bizarre crimes, and more…

What's it like to be the first to enter an Egyptian burial chamber that's been sealed for thousands of years? What horrifying secret was found among the prehistoric ruins of the American Southwest? Who really was the infamous the Monster of Florence?

Douglas Preston's journalistic explorations have taken him from the haunted country of Italy to the jungles of Honduras. He was granted exclusive journalistic access to the largest tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, broke the story of an extraordinary mass grave of animals killed by the asteroid impact that ended the Cretaceous period and caused the extinction of the dinosaurs, and explored what lay hidden in the booby-trapped Money Pit on Oak Island. When he hasn't been co-authoring bestselling thrillers featuring FBI Agent Pendergast, Preston has been writing about some of the world’s strangest and most dramatic mysteries.

The Lost Tomb brings together an astonishing and compelling collection of true stories about buried treasure, enigmatic murders, lost tombs, bizarre crimes, and other fascinating tales of the past and present.

©2023 Douglas Preston (P)2023 Grand Central Publishing

Critic reviews

"Buffs of buried-treasure and long-ago true-crime tales will enjoy Preston’s expertly woven tales."—Kirkus

Excellent dive

I liked getting a glimpse of the work that goes into unfolding the past. Douglas Preston is a gripping story teller, even of things traditionally thought dry and foxxed. Give it a shot - you'll be glad you did.

Non Fiction that reads like Fiction!

The way each case is represented, I could not help but soak up lots of information whether I wanted to or not! I wish my old teachers had the knack Doug Preston has for presenting informative facts!

fascinating!

fascinating and so well written, I learned much and enjoyed the book very much, I highly reccomend this to anyone interested in history and archeology

Updates of prior works, lessons in history

Disliked it was a rehash of prior articles but not a book. More than offset by- historical and amazing stories , takes anyone into a path of humans and history. Wonderfull

Not worth the money. He talks about how they take a real story and I got bored

Dislike I want a fiction and he get how they come up with their book