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List of Contributors | |
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Preface | |
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World Map | |
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Introduction: Memorials of Power | |
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The Seven Wonders | |
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The Pyramids of Giza | |
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The Hanging Gardens of Babylon | |
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The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus | |
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The Statue of Zeus at Olympia | |
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The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus | |
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The Colossus of Rhodes | |
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The Pharos of Alexandria | |
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Tombs and Cemeteries | |
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The Megalithic Tomb of Newgrange | |
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The Treasury of Atreus at Mycenae | |
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The Valley of the Kings: the Tomb of Seti I | |
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The Etruscan Cemetery of Cerveteri | |
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Mount Li: the Tomb of China's First Emperor | |
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The Nabataean Royal Tombs at Petra | |
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The Moche Pyramids | |
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The Tomb of Emperor Nintoku, Japan | |
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The Tomb of Pakal, Palenque | |
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The Temple-Mausoleum of Angkor Wat | |
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Temples and Shrines | |
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Ggantija and the Maltese Temples | |
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Stonehenge | |
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The Ziggurrat of Ur | |
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The Temples of Karnak | |
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The Great Temple of Abu Simbel | |
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The Cult Centre of Chavin de Huantar | |
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The Parthenon at Athens | |
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The Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan | |
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The Great Stupa of Sanchi | |
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The Buddhist Caves of Ajanta | |
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The Pantheon at Rome | |
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The Earthworks of Newark, Ohio | |
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The Buddhist Monastery at Paharpur | |
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The Buddhist Shrine of Borobudur | |
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Monk's Mound, Cahokia | |
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The Mud Mosques of Timbuktu | |
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The Great Temple of the Aztecs | |
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Palaces, Baths and Arenas | |
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The Minoan Palace of Knossos | |
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The Palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh | |
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The Palace of Persepolis | |
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The Colosseum at Rome | |
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Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli | |
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The Baths of Caracalla, Rome | |
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The Palace and Pleasure Gardens of Sigiriya | |
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The Arch of Ctesiphon | |
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The Royal Compounds of Chan Chan | |
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Great Zimbabwe | |
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Fortifications | |
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Mycenae and Tiryns | |
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The Fortresses of Van | |
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The Walls of Babylon | |
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Maiden Castle | |
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The Circuit Walls of Syracuse | |
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The Great Wall of China | |
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Masada | |
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The Temple-Fortress of Sacsawaman | |
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Harbours, Hydraulics and Roads | |
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The Great Bath of Mohenjo-daro | |
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The Marib Dam of Southern Arabia | |
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Chinese Canals | |
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Roman Aqueducts | |
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Roman Roads | |
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The Harbour at Caesarea | |
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The Chaco Road System, New Mexico | |
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Inca Roads and Bridges | |
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Colossal Statues and Monoliths | |
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The Grand Menhir Brise, Brittany | |
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The Great Sphinx at Giza | |
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Egyptian Obelisks | |
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The Colossi of Western Thebes | |
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The Colossal Stone Heads of the Olmec | |
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The Nazca Lines, Drawings in the Desert | |
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La Turbie: the Trophy of the Alps | |
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The Giant Stelae of Aksum | |
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The Colossal Buddha of Bamiyan | |
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The Easter Island Statues | |
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Further Reading | |
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Sources of Illustrations | |
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Index | |