Text, photographs, and maps explore places of natural beauty and notable buildings all around the world, including rivers, forests, ancient, modern, and religious structures.

In text and photographs, describes twenty-five ancient architectural wonders, including the Great Wall of China, the Kukulcan Pyramid in Mexico, and the Avenue of Lions in Greece.

Describes the Seven Wonders of the World, providing background and related information, and surveying such modern wonders as the Channel Tunnel, Hoover Dam, Versailles, and the bullet train. Bowker Authored Title code. The seven wonders of the ancient world are presented with material comparing them to other ancient & modern technological marvels. Annotation. From the Great Pyramid at Giza to the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, recent and beautiful illustrations...

Describes the original seven ancient Wonders of the World and examines other examples in the categories "The Seven Technological Wonders," "The Seven Archaeological Wonders," "The Seven Architectural Wonders," and "The Seven Natural Wonders."

Nonfiction picture book explores the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Includes explorations of technology used by ancient civilizations, the inspirations behind these famous landmarks, and other wonders not associated with the traditional list. "No one knows quite who decided the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. But thrilling accounts of their wonder have left us yearning to know more about their great mysteries. Go on a journey across the...

"We admire the ancient wonders today, but somebody had to build them. No heavy machinery, no semitrucks, no cement mixers. How was it even possible to build such wonders as pyramids and temples in ancient times? Each one was unique, its beauty and magnificence lauded by the greatest poets and writers of the age. Everyone longed to see for themselves the Wonders of the World: the Colossus of Rhodes, the majestic Great Pyramids of Giza, the Lighthouse...