Sets each of the seven wonders in their historical context, bringing together materials from ancient sources and the results of modern excavations to suggest why particular places and objects have been seen as the touchstone for human achievement.
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The chapters in this book describe the seven wonders of the ancient world - the Great Pyramids at Giza, the Hanging Gardens at Babylon, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesos, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes and the Pharos (Lighthouse) at Alexandria. Their history, location, purpose, building and description are provided along with many illustrations and drawings. The last chapter gives a list of other monuments which could be considered wonders, and tells why the actual seven wonders of the ancient world were chosen. Recommended reading for all interested in history.
–Frankie's Bibliography
The essays on each Wonder are authoritative and readable. If you are interested in the canonical seven, this is the book for you.
–Archaeology, Jan/Feb 2000
–Frankie's Bibliography
The essays on each Wonder are authoritative and readable. If you are interested in the canonical seven, this is the book for you.
–Archaeology, Jan/Feb 2000
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Peter Clayton was formerly Managing Editor of British Museums Publications and Martin Price is Deputy Keeper in the Department of Coins and Medals at the British Museum.
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One of the Most Complete Ever,
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The Seven Wonders of The Ancient World is one of the most complete and illustrative books that I have ever read on the subject. Each chapter explains in detail one of these seven ancient monuments, starting with it's history, location, purpose, building and description; and ending in how they came to be no more or the way the sites still stand in our day. The pictures included within the text also tell us, besides the description of the monument, a little bit about the way that archaeology reconstructed the pieces to the puzzling appearance of some of these monuments and the way archaeologists interpreted ancient accounts of people that lived to see these wonders in their heyday. The book also contains two chapters in which the authors describe others lists of seven wonders and the way the lists that we know today came to be chosen. The task of the authors in putting together in one book all the information of these seven wonders is a remarkable work of scholarship given to the fact that six of these seven monuments no longer exist and the great number of different accounts that do and shouldn't, but don't exist. This is a must-read book for all of those interested in archaeology, history or ancient civilizations.
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Fun bit of history,
By Scott Chamberlain "Historian and archaeologist" (Minneapolis, MN United States) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (REAL NAME)
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This book should enjoy wide appeal, and particularly interest the armchair archaeologist lurking in all of us. Everyone has heard that there are 7 wonders of the world, although fewer know what they were and fewer know anything about them. This book is a great starting point to jump into the subject, combining the few documents describing the wonders with commentary, modern archaeological evidence, illustrations, and even some speculation. A very good introduction for someone with a sense of wonder, the love of travel, and a fascination with the past.
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The chapters in this book describe the seven wonders of the ancient world - the Great Pyramids at Giza, the Hanging Gardens at Babylon, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesos, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes and the Pharos (Lighthouse) at Alexandria. Their history, location, purpose, building and description are provided along with many illustrations and drawings. The last chapter gives a list of other monuments which could be considered wonders, and tells why the actual seven wonders of the ancient world were chosen. Recommended reading for all interested in history.
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THE PYRAMIDS of Egypt have always been listed from the beginning amongst the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, but it is actually the Great Pyramid at Giza that is the focus of attention and takes its place at the head of the list. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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British Museum, Old Kingdom, Alexander the Great, Artemis Ephesia, Zeus Soter, Grand Gallery, Ascending Corridor, King's Chamber, Isis Pharia, Pliny the Elder, Valley Temple, Asia Minor, Diodorus Siculus, Julius Caesar, Kait Bey, Mandraki Harbour, Third Dynasty, Antoninus Pius, East Berlin, Greek Imperial, Mount Olympus, Natural History, Second Pyramid, Upper Egypt New!
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THE PYRAMIDS of Egypt have always been listed from the beginning amongst the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, but it is actually the Great Pyramid at Giza that is the focus of attention and takes its place at the head of the list. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
peribolos wall, chariot group, architectural stones, vaulted building, altar court, seven wonders, cult image Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
British Museum, Old Kingdom, Alexander the Great, Artemis Ephesia, Zeus Soter, Grand Gallery, Ascending Corridor, King's Chamber, Isis Pharia, Pliny the Elder, Valley Temple, Asia Minor, Diodorus Siculus, Julius Caesar, Kait Bey, Mandraki Harbour, Third Dynasty, Antoninus Pius, East Berlin, Greek Imperial, Mount Olympus, Natural History, Second Pyramid, Upper Egypt New!
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- Roman Britain (Outlines) by Roger R. Sellman in Front Matter
- The Museum: Behind the Scenes at the British Museum by Rupert Smith in Back Matter
- Ptolemaic Alexandria (Oxford University Press Academic Monograph Reprints) (Vols 1-3) by P. M. Fraser in Back Matter
- The Comedy of Errors (Folger Shakespeare Library) by William Shakespeare on page 99
- A Catalogue of Greek Terracottas in the British Museum Volume 3 by Lucilla Burn in Front Matter
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- Civilizations: Culture, Ambition, and the Transformation of Nature by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Alexander's Tomb: The Two-Thousand Year Obsession to Find the Lost Conquerer by Nicholas J. Saunders in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Civilizations : Culture, Ambition, and the Transformation of Nature by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Alexander the Great in Fact and Fiction by A. B. Bosworth on page 176, and Back Matter
- The Electric Mirror on the Pharos Lighthouse and Other Ancient Lighting by Larry Brian Radka on page 20, and Back Matter
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