I should have read the subtitle: "...and how they were built." For what it purports to do, it does well but in a 90s oversized Nat Geo style. I would have preferred a more general summary of the great monuments and how they were used by their civilizations, and less about how they were built, although it does give me a greater appreciation for the sheer enormity of monumental building in terms of physical man-power.

Wonderful but brief snippets of information about so many remarkable locations around the world. Many of these places are already on my bucket list to visit, but I've added several more just from scouring this book. Amazing structures, if only we could know more.

Not what I thought it would be, but then again, I did not see the subtitle when I ordered this from a book club long ago.

I thought this would be a book about 70 wonders of the world, their history, other useful cultural tidbits.

Instead, this is more of an architecture book, describing the construction of each of the monuments, and why such construction is unique and significant.

It is an interesting book, just not what I thought it might be. Still useful for trivia and for D&D RPGing.

Very heavy on the construction and the architecture of each monument, but still really intriguing to have such an insight into so many incredible feats of engineering that I’d bet many are not familiar with.

more focused on engineering & architecture than I thought

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Listakirja on listakirja. Olihan tässä hyvätkin hetkensä, mutta kun 70 kertaa listataan kivilohkareiden pituuksia ja painoja, niin tylsäksi käy väistämättä.

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Whilst this book is very informative I have knocked a star off as I feel this Is the wrong format for this book. This book requires reference images for each location whether they exist today or are solely artist renditions as mere text descriptions don’t do some of these ancient wonders justice. The Ziggurat of Ur is a marvellous structure but I would’ve appreciated a picture alongside the information. The fact-file is also interjected in very peculiar places. It jams itself in the middle instead of the end of a structures chapter. This book would be much better as a coffee table book instead of a small dinky paperback with ten photos instead of what could’ve been a great informational reference book.

In 'De zeventig klassieke wereldwonderen' overstijgt Chris Scarre de traditionele zeven klassieke wereldwonderen (het eerste hoofdstuk) en voegt er maar liefst 63 andere indrukwekkende gebouwen of beelden uit deze tijdsperiode aan toe. Steeds worden deze wereldwonderen uitvoerig besproken betreffende hun functie en bouwtechnieken zodat populaire vragen betreffende de bouwcapaciteiten van millennia oude volkeren worden beantwoord. Zeker de moeite waard voor wie zich afvraagt hoe in godsnaam de piramiden in Egypte, de beelden op Paaseiland of de mysterieuze Nazca-lijnen in Peru zijn wat ze zijn.