Wonders of the Ancient World: Antiquity's Greatest Feats of Design and Engineering - Hardcover

Pollard, Justin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0857386638 ISBN 13: 9780857386632

Publisher: Quercus Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

Wonders of the Ancient World describes the most extraordinary feats of human engineering and design from across the globe, created between the dawn of human civilization and the onset of the Dark Ages. Author Justin Pollard looks at the problems that the ancients solved to build each wonder and introduces us to the travellers, both ancient and modern, who saw and rediscovered each site.Newgrange; Stonehenge; The Great Pyramid of Khufu and the Sphinx; Mohenjo Daro; The Great Ziggurat at Ur; The Temple of Solomon; The Palace of Ashurnasirpal II; La Venta; The Hanging Gardens of Babylon; The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus; Persepolis; The Grand Canal; The Parthenon; The Statue of Zeus at Olympia; The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus; Delphi; The Colossus of Rhodes; The Pharos of Alexandria; The Library at Alexandria; The First Great Wall of China; The Tomb of the First Emperor; Petra; The Tower of the Winds; The Rice Terraces of Banaue; The Great Serpent Mound; The Pont du Gard; Nero's Golden House; Masada; The Colosseum; The Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan; The Forum of Trajan; The Pantheon; The Baths of Diocletian; The City of Tikal; The Buddhas of Bamyan; The Hagia Sofia; The Basilica Cistern at Constantinople; Horyu-Gakumonji; Borobudur; Ellora.

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From the Back Cover

A magnificent, full-colour survey of the 40 most extraordinary sights of the ancient world. Includes the Parthenon, the Great Wall of China, the lost city of Petra, the Colosseum, the Hagia Sophia, the Pyramid at Teotihuacán, Stonehenge and many more. Recreates legendary lost wonders such as the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Colossus and the Library at Alexandria. Lavishly illustrated with over 120 photographs, illustrations and maps. Explains in detail each incredible feat of ancient architecture and construction. From classical Greece to pre-Aztec Mexico, journey through the wonders of antiquity.

About the Author

Justin Pollard is a Cambridge University Archaeology graduate, who has television experience that includes Time Team and QI. Justin is the author of Seven Ages of Britain.

About this edition

• Publisher: Quercus Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0857386638
• ISBN 13: 9780857386632
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256