Wonders of the Ancient World
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A compelling guide to antiquity's greatest constructions - how they came to be built and what then befell them. 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.
A compelling guide to antiquity's greatest constructions - how they came to be built and what then befell them. 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.
Bol PartnerReader-friendly text describes how present day discoveries bring ancient civilizations to life. Superb photography includes hundreds of images of excavated chambers and amazing artifacts. This text journeys to both familiar civilizations and sites and lesser known ones, and summarizes archaeologists' findings. Includes more than 575 color photos, illustrations, and maps.
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