{"product_id":"the-seven-wonders-of-the-ancient-world-1","title":"The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book looks at the Seven Wonders of the World, which it presents as bold marks left on the planet and as tests of how far human imagination could reach. As the book tells it, only the great pyramid still stands fully. Bettany Hughes travels through ancient and modern landscapes, using recent archaeological discoveries, to ask why people wonder, why they create, and why they remember the wonders made by others. She follows the traces of the Wonders and the marks they left in history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWhy You Should Read?\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiscover how recent archaeological discoveries are used to bring the Seven Wonders back to life.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExplore the questions of why people wonder, why they create, and why they remember the wonders of others.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFollow both the surviving traces of the Wonders and the marks they left on later history.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGain the exciting idea, as the book presents it, that humans can make the impossible happen.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBettany Hughes\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in 1967 and is an English historian, author and broadcaster who focuses on the classical world. She has written books on ancient times and their myths, and on the story of Istanbul. She works to bring classics lessons to more state schools in the UK. She was made an OBE in 2019.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Weidenfeld \u0026 Nicolson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":71526620037373,"sku":null,"price":1278.0,"currency_code":"NPR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/4145\/8840\/files\/9781474610346-8642286bf22554c4.jpg?v=1791782730","url":"https:\/\/biblionepal.com\/products\/the-seven-wonders-of-the-ancient-world-1","provider":"BIBLIONEPAL","version":"1.0","type":"link"}