The seven wonders of the ancient world
Hughes, Bettany2024
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Their names still echo down the ages: The Great Pyramid at Giza. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. The Temple of Artemis. The statue of Zeus at Olympia. The mausoleum of Halikarnassos. The Colossus at Rhodes. The Lighthouse of Alexandria. The Seven Wonders of the World were staggeringly audacious impositions on our planet. They were also brilliant adventures of the mind, test cases of the reaches of human imagination. Now only the pyramid remains, yet the scale and majesty of these seven wonders still enthral us today. In a thrilling, colourful narrative enriched with the latest archaeological discoveries, bestselling historian Bettany Hughes walks through the landscapes of both ancient and modern time; on a journey whose purpose is to ask why we wonder, why we create and why we choose to remember the wonder of others.
Main title:
The seven wonders of the ancient world / Bettany Hughes.
Author:
Hughes, Bettany, author
Imprint:
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2024.
Collation:
xxxv, 380 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781474610322 (hbk)
Dewey class:
930.1722
Language:
English
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BRN:
1336782
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