The Wonders of the Primitive World ...
Author | : W. F. A. Zimmermann |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 104 |
Release | : 1867 |
Genre | : Paleontology |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : W. F. A. Zimmermann |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 104 |
Release | : 1867 |
Genre | : Paleontology |
ISBN | : |
Author | : W. F. A. Zimmermann |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 173 |
Release | : 1869 |
Genre | : Creation |
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Author | : Peter A. Clayton |
Publisher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : 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 | : Michael Woods |
Publisher | : Lerner Books [UK] |
Total Pages | : 84 |
Release | : 2009-04 |
Genre | : Antiquities |
ISBN | : 0761343261 |
Take a new look at ancient history through the seven wonders of a geographical or cultural region. Each book in this series explains the qualities that makes something a 'wonder', with information about how the wonders were constructed, how they were discovered or preserved, how they are studied, and if and how they are used in modern times.
Author | : Michelle Laliberte |
Publisher | : Enslow Publishing, LLC |
Total Pages | : 50 |
Release | : 2013-01-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 076605778X |
This book serves as an introduction and overview of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Majestic pyramids, grand monuments, and towering statues are among the many wonders that have graced the list.
Author | : Miranda Smith |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 72 |
Release | : 2007-05-16 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : |
An introduction to the seven ancient wonders as well as modern wonders of the world.
Author | : Edgar James Banks |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 1916 |
Genre | : Curiosities and wonders |
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Author | : Lynn Curlee |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 33 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Seven Wonders of the World |
ISBN | : |
Tells the story of the seven wonders of the ancient world, i.e., the Great Pyramid at Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes, the Pharos at Alexandria. Explores the timeless desire of cultures to leave a permanent mark on Earth.
Author | : Jeremy Mynott |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 476 |
Release | : 2018-05-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0191022713 |
Birds pervaded the ancient world, impressing their physical presence on the daily experience and imaginations of ordinary people and figuring prominently in literature and art. They provided a fertile source of symbols and stories in myths and folklore and were central to the ancient rituals of augury and divination. Jeremy Mynott's Birds in the Ancient World illustrates the many different roles birds played in culture: as indicators of time, weather and the seasons; as a resource for hunting, eating, medicine and farming; as domestic pets and entertainments; and as omens and intermediaries between the gods and humankind. We learn how birds were perceived - through quotations from well over a hundred classical Greek and Roman authors, all of them translated freshly into English, through nearly 100 illustrations from ancient wall-paintings, pottery and mosaics, and through selections from early scientific writings, and many anecdotes and descriptions from works of history, geography and travel. Jeremy Mynott acts as a stimulating guide to this rich and fascinating material, using birds as a prism through which to explore both the similarities and the often surprising differences between ancient conceptions of the natural world and our own. His book is an original contribution to the flourishing interest in the cultural history of birds and to our understanding of the ancient cultures in which birds played such a prominent part.