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47 pages
colour illustrations, maps.
Contents: The Pyramids Giza -- The Hanging Gardens of Babylon -- The Statue of Zeus at Olympia -- The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus -- The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus -- The Colossus of Rhodes -- The Lighthouse of Alexandria.
Summary: We admire the ancient wonders today, but somebody had to build them. No heavy machinery, no semitrucks, no cement mixers. How was it even possible to build such wonders as pyramids and temples in ancient times? Each one was unique, its beauty and magnificence lauded by the greatest poets and writers of the age. Everyone longed to see for themselves the Wonders of the World. Just one of them -- the pyramids -- survives today. But come with us as we go back in time and learn the secrets of how these gems of ancient architecture were created. The building of each architectural masterpiece comprised so many details and small jobs, so much daily grind and sustained effort, with or without the help of machines.