Title The seventy wonders of the ancient world : the great monuments and how they were built / edited by Chris Scarre

Published London ; New York, N.Y. : Thames & Hudson, 1999

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Description 304 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), portraits ; 27 cm Contents The Seven Wonders -- Tombs & cemeteries -- Temples & shrines -- Palaces, baths & arenas -- Fortifications -- Harbours, hydraulics & roads -- Colossal statues & monoliths Summary Full coverage from the first stone monuments in the fifth millennium B.C. to the Great Temple of the Aztecs in the sixteenth century A.D. with fascinating insights into the technological skills of our ancestors Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-297) and index Subject Antiquities. Architecture, Ancient. Art, Ancient. Archaeology. Building. Buildings -- History. Curiosities and wonders. Buildings. Historic buildings. Historic sites. Monuments -- History. Monuments. Author Scarre, Christopher. LC no. 98061827 ISBN 0500050961 9780500050965

Other Titles 70 wonders of the ancient world The 70 wonders of the ancient world

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