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The Seventy Wonders of the Ancient World : The Great Monuments and How They Were Built / Edited by Chris Scarre.

Contributor(s): Publisher: London : Thames & Hudson, 2024Copyright date: ©1999Edition: Revised paperback editionDescription: 336 pages : color illustrations, 16 unnumbered pages of plates, maps ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780500297070
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 722
Contents:
The seven wonders -- Tombs & cemeteries -- Temples & shrines -- Palaces, baths & arenas -- Fortifications -- Harbours, hydraulics & roads -- Colossal statues & monoliths.
Summary: "Expands on the traditional 'Seven Wonders' to examine an impressive number of ancient marvels from around the globe. How were the ancient wonders of the world built? How many people did it take to build the Great Wall of China or the Sphinx at Giza? The Seventy Wonders of the Ancient World answers these and many more questions, examining antiquity's most spectacular feats of engineering and celebrating the achievements of the builders who worked without the aid of modern technology. The shaping of the Great Sphinx at Giza, the raising of the stones at Stonehenge, the laying out of the Nazca Lines on the face of the Peruvian desert, and the construction of the Great Wall of China are all described and explained by an international team of experts in the light of the most recent archaeological research. Packed with fact files, diagrams and specially commissioned perspective views, this is a testament to the skill of the ancient architects and engineers who continue to impress successive generations down the ages"-- Publisher's description
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"With 18 illustrations"

Previous edition: 1999

The seven wonders --
Tombs & cemeteries --
Temples & shrines -- Palaces, baths & arenas --
Fortifications -- Harbours, hydraulics & roads --
Colossal statues & monoliths.

"Expands on the traditional 'Seven Wonders' to examine an impressive number of ancient marvels from around the globe. How were the ancient wonders of the world built? How many people did it take to build the Great Wall of China or the Sphinx at Giza? The Seventy Wonders of the Ancient World answers these and many more questions, examining antiquity's most spectacular feats of engineering and celebrating the achievements of the builders who worked without the aid of modern technology. The shaping of the Great Sphinx at Giza, the raising of the stones at Stonehenge, the laying out of the Nazca Lines on the face of the Peruvian desert, and the construction of the Great Wall of China are all described and explained by an international team of experts in the light of the most recent archaeological research. Packed with fact files, diagrams and specially commissioned perspective views, this is a testament to the skill of the ancient architects and engineers who continue to impress successive generations down the ages"-- Publisher's description

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