The seven wonders of the world : a history of the modern imagination

Romer, John, author.

Book 1995

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World symbolize all that was magnificent and mysterious in the pre-Christian West, yet today many people would have difficulty in naming them. Most of these seven grand monuments of bronze and marble, gold and ivory, earth, fire and water cannot be visited today except in the mind's eye; either they lie in ruins or they have vanished in the sands of time. In this book, the archaeologists John and Elizabeth Romer c...

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Archaeology

Curiosities and wonders

History, Ancient

Seven Wonders of the World

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ISBN:

9781854799333
9781854796769
1854799339
1854796763

Description:

xii, 244 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm

Notes:

Maps on lining papers
Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-239) and index

Contents:

The statue of Zeus
The Colossus of Rhodes
The Pharos of Alexandria
The Mausoleum
The Hanging Gardens
The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
The pyramids and the rise of wonder
Appendix : Philo of Byzantium, On the Seven Wonders

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55994

Other Authors:

Romer, Elizabeth

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