The Seven Wonders of the Ancient WorldRoutledge, 21 aug 2013 - 192 pagina's Sets each of the seven wonders in their historical context, bringing together materials from ancient sources and the results of modern excavations to suggest why particular places and objects have been seen as the touchstone for human achievement. |
Inhoudsopgave
1 THE GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA | 13 |
2 THE HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON | 38 |
3 THE STATUE OF ZEUS AT OLYMPIA | 59 |
4 THE TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS AT EPHESOS | 78 |
5 THE MAUSOLEUM AT HALICARNASSUS | 100 |
6 THE COLOSSUS OF RHODES | 124 |
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The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Peter A. Clayton,Martin Price Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2015 |
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
Alexander Alexandria altar court Amazons amongst ancient world antiquity architect architectural Artemis at Ephesos Artemisia Athens Babylon base Berossus blocks Bodrum British Museum bronze built burial chamber century BC chariot group Cheops civilisation classical coins colonnade Colossus of Rhodes columns cubits cult image cuneiform Dahshur decorated deposit Dynasty east Egypt Egyptian entrance Ephesians Ephesos Erlach evidence excavations façade famous feet Figure fragments frieze Gardens of Babylon Giza goddess Greek Gregory Nazianzus Gregory Tours Halicarnassus Hanging Gardens harbour height Helios Herodotus Imam's field island king known later lighthouse marble Mausoleum Maussollos metres monuments Nebuchadnezzar Old Kingdom Olympia palace Panaenus Pausanias pediment Persian Pharos Pheidias Philo Pliny podium Ptolemy pyramid reconstruction relief Roman Rome roof royal sanctuary sarcophagus sculptures seen Seven Wonders showing sides statue of Zeus stone Strabo structure survived Swan Hellenic temple of Artemis throne tomb Tower wall Zeus at Olympia ziggurrat