Seven Wonders of the ancient world symbolize all that was magnificent and mysterious in the preChristian West, Using the words of ancient writers and modern archaeological techniques, John and Elizabeth Romer recreated the images of these lost monuments,
This remarkable book tells the story of the "archaeology of wonder": stories of the travellers and scholars who came in contact with these seven ancient monuments, the stories of the wonders themselves, and the histories of their making and breaking.
It traces the archaeological hunt to find the Seven Wonders, from the earliest digs to the latest discoveries of current excavations, It also includes fresh translations of the accounts of those who sailed the seas and rivers of the ancient world to walk among the seven fabled monuments and wonder at them.
John Romer is a graduate of the Royal College of Art, He began work in archaeology on the University of Chicago's epigraphic survey at Thebes in Upper Egypt, For the last twentyfive years he has alternated professional archaeology and interests in conservation with an international career of writing books and television series which he also presents to critical acclaim.
His books include Valley of the Kings, Ancient Lives, Testament and, most recently, Great Excavations, John Romer lives and works around the Mediterranean and the Middle East,
Elizabeth Romer has worked with John on most of his books, She too graduated from the RCA and worked as an archaeologist, She was the subject of aminute documentary on expedition work in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt for BBC, and she cowrote "The Rape of Tutankhamen"and "Byzantium, the Lost Empire", both for Channel.
She has also written a number of cookbooks, including The Tuscan Year, Предадох се на последнитестраници Едно, че не мога да разбера защо българското издание е съсстраници подълго и друго, че ума ми не побира как е възможно да се напише толкова скучна книга за нещо толкова интересно като Седемте чудеса!
Какво научаваме от тази книга Нищо. Общо взето вот нея се описва това, че нищо конкретно не се знае за съответното чудо. Само догадки и предположения. Безкрайни повторения на цитати от древни текстове, които често нямат отношение към темата. Картинки, които макар и интересни, нямат място на сред текста и то не само защото го накъсват по найнекадърния начин, а и отново, защото нямат нищо общо с конкретната тема. Голямо разочарование. Половин година се мъча да намеря нещо интересно в тая книга. Не успях въпреки, че темата ме вълнува. This is an enjoyable and easy read, offering information on each of the wonders in turn, Informative yet accessible. Nicely illustrated A book from my childhood, Some very beautiful pictures and ideas, This book is something of a mixed bag for me, It has a lot of information in it, Like, A LOT. The author clearly knows what he's talking about, And he writes in an easy to read style that keeps the reader engaged,
The problem is, a great deal of the information is off topic and only has things tangentially to do with the seven wonders the books is supposed to be about.
Romer tries to present the book as an exploration of how Alexander the Great's urbanization of the world changed things, but he doesn't draw any clear lines between what Alexander did and the way anyone has ever viewed these ancient monuments.
This means he spends a lot of time talking about Alexander and not about the monuments themselves this becomes particularly egregious during the chapter on the Lighthouse at Alexandria.
So the author spends the book talking about the monuments when there's nothing else he wants to say, then barely talking about the monuments and going off about something else when he wants to talk about something else.
The chapter on the Great Pyramid talks about the Pyramids the freaking Pyramids!! for a couple pages before we havepages about Italian Renaissance gardening.
As I mentioned before, this book has a lot of interesting information in it, I was never bored. I was impatient because I wanted a book about the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, not someone fanboying over Alexander the Great, The Seven Wonders of the World
By John and Elizabeth Romer
Pages
NonFiction
This book talks about the seven wonders of the world and about each of their histories, for example how they were built and who designed them.
It also talks about the wonder's affect on the ancient world and why they were so significant, For example, the Lighthouse of Alexandria was the first skyscraper to be built in the world, Sadly most of the wonders were destroyed over the years and now only the Great Pyramids of Giza still stand, This book also tells from a critical standpoint, like questioning if the wonders actually ever existed,
I liked this book because it is really in depth and has a lot of information, I knew about the wonders before, but this book taught me a lot more knowledge about the wonders, I also like this book because it has a lot of sources to back up the info, so it is very reliable, I would rate this book aout ofbecause some parts aren't very easy to understand, I would recommend for gradehigh school reading level and for anyone doing a project on the wonders, John Louis Romer, the son of accountant Louis Henry Romer and secretary Norah Simpson Romer, was born on September,in Surrey, He attended Ottershaw School, the Wimbledon School of Art, and the Royal College of Art A, R. C. A. ,in London. Following this, he traveled and studied in the Near East and married his wife Yvonne Elizabeth de Coetlogan Aylwin Beth, an artist and writer, After a brief stint teaching the history of art and architecture at art colleges in England and Wales, he worked as an epigraphic artist with the British Institute in Iran at Persepolis and Pasargadae in.
He worked as an artist in epigraphic studies with the German Archaeological Institute in Cairo,, and with th John Louis Romer, the son of accountant Louis Henry Romer and secretary Norah Simpson Romer, was born on September,in Surrey.
He attended Ottershaw School, the Wimbledon School of Art, and the Royal College of Art A, R. C. A. ,in London. Following this, he traveled and studied in the Near East and married his wife Yvonne Elizabeth de Coetlogan Aylwin Beth, an artist and writer, After a brief stint teaching the history of art and architecture at art colleges in England and Wales, he worked as an epigraphic artist with the British Institute in Iran at Persepolis and Pasargadae in.
He worked as an artist in epigraphic studies with the German Archaeological Institute in Cairo,, and with the Oriental Institute Epigraphic Survey,in the temples and tombs of Thebes.
In, he became the Field Director of The Brooklyn Museums Theban Expedition, originating and organizing an excavation of the tomb of Ramesses XI in the Valley of the Kings.
In, at the request of the
Egyptian Organization of Antiquities, he convened a multinational committee to advise and recommend projects and procedures for the conservation of the Valley of the Kings.
He is a member of the International Association of Egyptologists and the Egypt Exploration Society, He has been the President of the Theban Foundation since, He has written several acclaimed books and produced some excellent documentaries, His primary interests are in the preservation of antiquities, and in making the past meaningful to present day people, When he is not busy writing books, making documentaries, or pushing for conservation in the Valley of the Kings, he and his wife live in Aiola, Tuscany, Italy.
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