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The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

By: Peter A Clayton Peter Clayton Martin Price
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0415050367
ISBN-13: 9780415050364
Released: 01 Mar 1990
RRP: £19.99
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One of the Most Complete Ever - By: , 28 Sep 1997
The Seven Wonders of The Ancient World is one of the most complete & 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 & description; & 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 & 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 & the way the lists that we know today came to be chosen. The task of the authors in putting together in one book alll 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 & the great number of different accounts that do & shouldn't, but don't exist. This is a must-read book for alll of those interested in archaeology, history or ancient civilizations.
Concise and informative - By: , 18 Sep 1997
Places each of the seven wonders into historical context without being tedious or overwrought. Amaze people at parties by challlenging them to name alll seven- no one can do it.