The Seven Wonders of the Hellenistic World: Monuments of the Classical Age

The Seven Wonders of the Hellenistic World explores the monuments the ancient Greeks regarded as among the greatest achievements of human hands.

These were not "world wonders" in the modern sense, but marvels recognised within the geographic and cultural horizon of the Classical and early Hellenistic world, stretching across Egypt, Babylon, Asia Minor, Greece, Rhodes, Halicarnassus, and Alexandria.

This richly illustrated volume examines the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babyl...