{"product_id":"the-seven-wonders-of-the-ancient-world","title":"The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn a thrilling, colourful narrative enriched with the latest archaeological discoveries, bestselling historian Bettany Hughes walks through the landscapes of both ancient and modern time. This is a journey whose purpose is to ask why we wonder, why we create, why we choose to remember the wonder of others.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTheir names still echo down the ages: The Great Pyramid at Giza. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. The Temple of Artemis. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe statue of Zeus at Olympia. The mausoleum of Halikarnassos. The Colossus at Rhodes. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Lighthouse of Alexandria. The Seven Wonders of the World were staggeringly audacious impositions on our planet. They were also brilliant adventures of the mind, test cases for the reaches of human imagination.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNow only the great pyramid remains fully standing, yet the scale and majesty of these seven wonders still enthral us today.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBettany Hughes explores traces of the Wonders themselves, and the traces they have left in history. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA magisterial work of historical storytelling, \u003cem\u003eThe Seven Wonders of the Ancient World\u003c\/em\u003e reinforces the exciting and nourishing notion that humans can make the impossible happen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brittany Hughes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44437581955329,"sku":"9781474610346","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate-630.png?v=1707238656","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.live\/products\/the-seven-wonders-of-the-ancient-world","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}