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from strength to strength. Information is
supported by dramatic design and illustrated
with superb artwork and photographs. These
books celebrate their subjects and provide a
fun approach to learning.
encourage reading from
start to finish
activities and quizzes
every spread
quizzes throughout
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who have contributed to this book:
Nicholas Forder/Mike Foster (Maltings Partnership)/Luigi Galante
Alan Hancock/John James/Alessandro Menchi/Kevin Maddison/Janos Marffy
Terry Riley/Martin Sanders/Rudi Vizi/Steve Weston/John Woodcock
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The Parthenon was a temple built to honour the
goddess Athena. It is still one of the best examples
of ancient Greek architecture. The temple was built
from beautiful white marble. It contained a vast
sculpture of the goddess Athena, which
would have amazed and terrified visitors.
Remains of the temple still stand today
on the Acropolis, a hill overlooking
the city of Athens.
The temple complex at the Acropolis wasdotted with statues and smaller temples,
as well as housing the main temple, the
Parthenon. Inside the Parthenon was a
sculpture of Athena over 12 metres tall,
made of gold and ivory.
stadium for deadly duels. The
Colosseum was a giant stone
stadium that held crowds of
50,000 people. Emperors and
other rich Romans paid for
games including gladiator
battles and prisoner fights with
wild beasts. The arena could
be flooded for miniature naval
battles between gladiator armies.
to protect spectators from
the heat of the sun
weight of the seating
covered in sand
Alexandria, Egypt, was more
than 100 metres tall, with
a blazing fire at the top .
It stood for 1500 years until it
was destroyed by an earthquake.
The lighthouse was built during
the reign of pharaoh Ptolemy II
(283246 BC ) and became known
as one of the seven wonders of
the ancient world.
The Colosseum was openedby the emperor Titus in AD 80.
It was so well designed that
huge crowds could get in and
out of the building in minutes.
people had to
sit further
away from the
main arena
with beautiful statues
The Great Sphinx wascarved from stone over
4500 years ago.
the pyramids. The Great Sphinx is a
huge statue of a half-man, half-lion that
guards the pyramids at Giza, Egypt. It
probably shows the dead king Khafre as
a man with the fearsome power of a lion.
The Sphinx is so old that sand blowing in
the wind has rubbed away detail of the
lions body and parts of Khafres face.
hang. Greeks were amazed by the city of
Babylon, in modern Iraq. They found
a fantastic garden with terraces
on different levels, covered by
spectacular plants. It was said
that a Babylonian king had
it built to remind his
queen, who was
from a mountain
region, of her
childhood.
To water TheHanging Gardens,
slaves worked in
shifts, lifting
water from the
Euphrates River.
Artemis was hidden under a swamp.
The archaeologist John Wood discovered
it in the 19th century. The temple was
built over the site of two earlier shrines
at Ephesus, Asia Minor. It was dedicated
to the goddess Artemis. Archaeologists are
still finding the offerings of pilgrims from
across the Greek world.
The Temple of Artemis was famous for itsbeautiful marble decoration.
burnt to cinders. Arts, maths and
sciences were developed more
in Alexandria, Egypt, than
anywhere else in the
ancient world. Most
of the knowledge
recorded in the
library was
lost when
Christians
burnt it to
the ground
in the year
AD
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