Wonders of the ancient world
Subtitle: antiquity's greatest feats of design and engineering
By: Justin Pollard
Publisher: Metro Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9781435129665
Subjects: Archaeology; Antiquities; Technology and civilization; Engineering; History; Design; Archéologie; Technologie et civilisation
Description: Describes the most extraordinary feats of human engineering and design from across the globe, created between the dawn of human civilization and the onset of the Dark Ages.
Notes: Originally published: London : Quercus, 2008.

Includes bibliographical references (page 190) and index.
Table of contents: title: Newgrange; title: Stonehenge; title: The Great Pyramid of Khufu and The Sphinx; title: Mohenjo Daro; title: The Great Ziggurat at Ur; title: The Temple of Solomon; title: The Palace of Ashurnasirpal II; title: La Venta; title: The Hanging Gardens of Babylon; title: The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus; title: Persepolis; title: The Grand Canal; title: The Parthenon; title: The Statue of Zeus at Olympia; title: The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus; title: Delphi; title: The Colossus of Rhodes; title: The Pharos of Alexandria; title: The Library at Alexandria; title: The First Great Wall of China; title: The Tomb of the First Emperor; title: Petra; title: The Tower of the Winds; title: The Rice Terraces of Banaue; title: The Great Serpent Mound; title: The Pont du Gard; title: Nero s Golden House; title: Masada; title: The Colosseum; title: The Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuaca?n; title: The Forum of Trajan; title: The Pantheon; title: The Baths of Diocletian; title: The City of Tikal; title: The Buddhas of Bamyan; title: The Hagia Sophia; title: The Basilica Cistern at Constantinople; title: Ho?ryu?-Gakumonji; title: Borobudur; title: Ellora.