THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD TPB
Εκδότης Weidenfeld & Nicholson , ISBN 9781474610339
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 for the reaches of human imagination.
Now only the great pyramid remains fully standing, 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. This is a journey whose purpose is to ask why we wonder, why we create,
why we choose to remember the wonder of others. She explores traces of the Wonders
themselves, and the traces they have left in history. A magisterial work of historical
storytelling, The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World reinforces the exciting and
nourishing notion that humans can make the impossible happen.
Περίληψη
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 for the reaches of human imagination.
Now only the great pyramid remains fully standing, 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. This is a journey whose purpose is to ask why we wonder, why we create,
why we choose to remember the wonder of others. She explores traces of the Wonders
themselves, and the traces they have left in history. A magisterial work of historical
storytelling, The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World reinforces the exciting and
nourishing notion that humans can make the impossible happen.
Πληροφορίες προϊόντος
- Συγγραφέας Hughes, Bettany
- Eκδότης Weidenfeld & Nicholson
- ISBN 9781474610339
- Κωδικός Ευριπίδη 040100083822
- Έτος κυκλοφορίας 2024
- Σελίδες 416
- Διαστάσεις
- Βάρος 500 gr
