Builders of the ancient world : marvels of engineering
Material type: TextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society., ©1986Description: 199 p. : illustrations (some color)ISBN: 0870445855 ; 9780870445859 ; 0870445901 ; 9780870445903Subject(s): Engineering - History | Architecture, Ancient | Engineering - HistoryDDC classification: 624.09Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Included Index
Introduction / Norman Hammond --
Greece and Rome / Gene S. Stuart-photographs by Blaine Harrington III --
Mesoamerica / Norman Hammond-photographs by Steve McCurry --
South America / Ron Fisher-photographs by William Albert Allard --
India and southeast Asia / Joyce Stewart-photographs by Richard A. Cooke III --
China / Ann Nottingham Kelsall-photographs by Dean Conger.
Describes the architectural and engineering feats which have been discovered and studied in Greece and Rome, in Mesoamerica, in South America, in India, in China, and at other sites.
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