[history] The Seventy Wonders of the Ancient World: The Great Monuments and How They Were Built by Chris Scarre EPUB

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The traditional list of seven wonders was derived from ancient Greek guidebooks, designed for sightseers in the Hellenic world. The Seventy Wonders of the Ancient World broadens those horizons, incorporating architectural marvels from across the globe, from the walled medieval city of Great Zimbabwe to the pre-Aztec Pyramid of the Sun.

These awe-inspiring monuments provoke profound questions about the communities who built them. How were they able to complete such feats of engineering? What prompted people to take on these projects, knowing the human costs involved, and how were the monuments viewed after their completion? In this new and updated edition, seventeen leading experts answer these questions. In doing so, they provide a testament to the skill of ancient engineers, and bring us closer to the communities they lived in.

Review
This book is great fun, informative and a challenge to the imagination. -- Denver Post, Glenn Giffin, 28 November 1999 --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

About the Author
Chris Scarre is emeritus professor of archaeology at the University of Durham and was head of its archaeology department from 2010 to 2013. He is editor of The Human Past: World Prehistory and the Development of Human Societies and author of numerous books, including The Megalithic Monuments of Britain and Ireland and Chronicle of the Roman Emperors: The Reign-By-Reign Record of the Rulers of Imperial Rome. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.


ISBN: 9780500297070
eISBN: 9780500778142
eISBN for USA only: 9780500778159
Publisher‏: Thames and Hudson Ltd (August 3, 2023)
Print length:‎ 431 pages

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