The Seven Wonders of the World: A History of the Modern Imagination
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Midwest Book Review
History and archaeological discoveries blend in a title which examines the ancient world and the images which help modern historians recreate events and history. The making and unmaking of the seven wonders are recounted in a fine archaeological focus upon the hunt for their remains.
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Now they exist only within the precise, rectangular pits of excavated remains that capture a once-powerful dream whose images continue to echo around us. But, centuries ago, the Seven Wonders of the World were advertisements for a contemporary, thrilling, and heroic way of life, the finest examples of a brand-new civic architecture, the ancestors of every modern city on the planet. Here is the history behind these legendary lost structures: the enormous statue to the Greek god Zeus, carved by Phidias and holding a figure of Victory in one hand and a scepter in the other; the Colossus of Rhodes, a tribute to freedom looking up to Olympus and over the sea; the elegant lighthouse on the island of Pharos in Alexandria; the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, adorned with numerous statues and carvings; the many-tiered Hanging Gardens of Babylon; the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, as beautiful as the goddess for whom it was named; and the eternal Pyramids and the Rise of Wonder.
The Seven Wonders of the World: A History of the Modern Imagination,John Romer,Elizabeth Romer,Seven Dials,184188037X,Ancient - General,History,History - General History,History: American,Military - General,World - General,Ancient World,Archaeology,BCE to c 500 CE,HUMOR - HUMOR GENERL TRD PB,History / Ancient / General,World history: BCE to c 500 CE
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