Secrets of Lost Empires: Reconstructing the Glories of Ages Past

by Adriana Von Hagen, Robin Brightwell, Cynthia Page, et al.

Book Overview

How were the great civilizations of the past able to build Stonehenge, the Pyramids, Egyptian obelisks, the Colosseum, and the Inca monuments -- without modern technology? That's the question that Nova and the BBC set out to answer. Recruiting engineers, architects, archaeologists, stonemasons, and other assorted craftsmen, they attempted to re-create these five wonders of ages past. With one stipulation: only resources available in the respective...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080699584X
• ISBN13: 9780806995847
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Sterling Publishing Group
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.5" x 0.8" x 7.8"