Wonders of the Ancient World jellemzők

(...) This book tells the stories of the greatest sights a world traveller might have seen in antiquity had they been able to journey across the globe and through the centuries. It is a complete list of themata for a now sadly impossible journey to see what humanity once achieved and to survey the remains of the greatest accomplishments of civilizations which today liein ruins.
Wonders of the Ancient World presents 40 of the most extraordinary feats of human engineering and design created between the dawn of human civilization and the onset of the medieval period. Accompanying timelines and boxed features provide a wealth of fascinating information about the history of the site and society, as well as the latest archaeological evidence and understanding.