Author : John Romer
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 10,34 MB
Release : 2001-02-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781841880372
Presents the history of the Seven Wonders of the World, including the archaeological hunt for the Wonders and first-hand accounts from those who traveled to the Wonders in ancient times.
Author : Ludmila Henkova
Publisher : Albatros Media
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 40,79 MB
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9788000061344
The Colossus of Rhodes, the majestic Pyramids of Giza, the Lighthouse of Alexandria, the spellbinding Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the breathtaking Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Just one of them survives today. But with the book How the Wonders of the World Were Built you can go back in time and learn the secrets of how these gems of ancient architecture were created. They shine from the past... and their light is not diminishing. The gems of antiquity are proof of human endeavours to cope with the wonders of nature. People have always wanted more: to improve existing process and methods and find new opportunities. They want to create something new, something that evokes a feeling of amazement and admiration. A masterpiece that will provide the creators with immortality and fame during their lives.
Author : Carmella Van Vleet
Publisher : Build It Yourself
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,36 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781936313730
Introduces the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World as known to the ancient Greeks, and a multicultural list of seven additional wonders--from Petra, Jordan, to Rio de Janeiro's statue of Christ--and suggests related projects and experiments.
Author : Amy Graham
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 30,32 MB
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0766057801
This book serves as an introduction and overview of the seven wonders of the natural world. It explains how nature alone carved these sites that we so admire. From the ocean shores to the inland forests, discover how the natural world is a beautiful place.
Author : Erin Lair
Publisher :
Page : 27 pages
File Size : 25,10 MB
Release : 2021-10-06
Category :
ISBN :
Exercise Through the 7 Wonders of the World Travel around the globe to visit the seven wonders of the world while learning fun exercise movements along the way! Each of the seven wonders of the world have an accompanying movement so this book shouldn't be read just sitting down! This book is full of interesting facts about some of the most incredible sights on earth. Kids will stretch their vocabulary hearing the descriptions of each wonder while staying engaged through movement. Book Features This book includes: Brief information about 7 (plus a bonus) wonders 8 accompanying movements Word search activity Matching page Journal activity Create your own landmark movement page A two-page image of all of the landmarks and movements. Enjoy the journey of learning as much as the knowledge gained.
Author : Michelle Laliberte
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 43,35 MB
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0766041514
"Discover and Learn about the Seven fascinating wonders of the Ancient World"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Peter A. Clayton
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 49,48 MB
Release : 1988
Category : History
ISBN : 9780415050364
First published in 1988. Can you name the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World? Did they even exist? The Pharos at Alexandria survived into the Middle Ages, but the Hanging Gardens of Babylon exist only in references by ancient authors and the Colossus of Rhodes if too improbable to have existed in the form and place traditionally ascribed to it. The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World sets the record straight, with an attractive account of each Wonder in the context in which it was built. The authors combine ancient sources with the results of modern scholarship and excavations to recreate a vivid picture of the Seven Wonders. All experts in their specialist fields, the contributors bring together facts and background that are remarkably difficult to find from any other single source and establish for the fist time the archaeology and location of each Wonder.
Author : Yona Z. McDonough
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 28,60 MB
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0593093321
Explore the most amazing wonders of the ancient world! More than 2,000 years ago, travelers wrote about the incredible sights they saw while on their journeys. They told tales of hanging gardens that were built for a Babylonian queen, and a colossal statue that guided ships through the harbor of Rhodes in Greece. These writers compiled a list of the very best of these sights that are now known as the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Author Yona Zeldis McDonough takes the readers on a trip to the Lighthouse of Alexandria and the Great Pyramids in Egypt (the only Wonder still standing), the Statue of Zeus at Olympia and the Colossus of Rhodes in ancient Greece, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, and the Temple of Artemis, detailing the creativity and skill that these early civilizations possessed.
Author : Paul Jordan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 50,39 MB
Release : 2014-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1317868854
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and all sorts of mysteries attaching to them, have intrigued people since the second century BCE. Why were these particular creations chosen and when? And why did the ancients want to draw up such a list in the first place? What were the technical and cultural factors involved in the creation and listing of the Wonders? The Seven Wonders still rival many of the phenomenal products of both nature and mankind in their size, majesty, and beauty. Six of them no longer stand, having been destroyed by natural disaster or by human intervention. From the Pyramids at Giza to the Colossus of Rhodes, from the Hanging Gardens of Babylon to the Lighthouse of Alexandria, from the Temple of Ephesus to the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus and the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World have never ceased to fascinate down the ages.
Author : The Editors of LIFE
Publisher : Life
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 13,6 MB
Release : 2009-10-20
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781603200875
The idea of choosing the Wonders of the World can be traced all the way back to the 5th century, B.C., when the Greek historian Herodotus of the Halicarnassus listed seven must-sees, the Great Pyramid of Khufu in Egypt and six other constructions that long ago vanished from the earth. In this deluxe new LIFE book, Wonders of the World, the editors return to the sites of the original Seven Wonders and then keep right on traveling around the globe--eventually visiting in words and pictures seven-times-seven Wonders, plus one more. There are old Wonders here and a new list offered by the New7Wonders Foundation, a Switzerland-based organization that conducted an online poll that saw more than a million votes cast for the world's greatest Wonders. There are man-made Wonders and natural Wonders. There are obscure Wonders and famous Wonders. The amazing stories behind your favorites are recounted as LIFE goes to the Colosseum, to Stonehenge, to the Great Wall, to Machu Picchu, to the Taj Mahal, to Easter Island, to The Acropolis and the Vatican and back to the Great Pyramid. We travel into outer space for a close-up look at the International Space Station, and into the sea for a sensational vantage on Australia's Great Barrier Reef. We go to the summit of Mount Everest and down into the mile-deep Grand Canyon in Arizona. We could not choose between the world's tallest waterfall, 3,212-foot-high Angel Falls in Venezuela, or that which is arguably the world's most awesome, Victoria Falls on the Zimbabwe-Zambia border--so we went with both. Fifty Wonders in all, each more wondrous than the last. A reader cannot help being amazed and inspired by what man's industry has built through time, and what sublime Wonders nature has graced us with. This a book Herodotus would have loved! And then comes the big bonus: The 7 LIFE Wonders. We were sure that some of these fabulous sites were suitable for framing, and so we went to the vast LIFE archives and picked pictures of some of the most wonderful Wonders taken by famous LIFE photographers. Using a technique we developed in our 2009 book The Classic Collection, we inserted prints of these places in the last section of our book. Better yet: When you remove the prints to frame them, the image stays on the page, sp your lovely coffee-table book remains intact. For these wonders, a wondrous book.
