308 pages, indexed and illustrated, in slipcaase. Overseas customers please note the book is heavy and will attract additional postage. CONTENTS: Introduction / Simon Goldhill Seven wonders of the ancient world / Simon Goldhill The Great Pyramid at Giza The Western Wall of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem The Parthenon The Colosseum The alphabet and the Rosetta Stone The Great Wall of China The wonder of Greek sculpture : a Stele from Paros Seven wonders of the medieval world / Richard Barber Hagia Sophia The Book of Kells The Imperial Palace at Aachen The Bayeux Tapestry Castel del Monte The Welsh castles of Edward I The Monasteries of Batalha, Tomar and Bele?m Seven wonders of the Renaissance world / Theodore K. Rabb Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence Palazzo Te, Mantua Villa Barbaro, Maser El Escorial Piazza di San Pietro, Rome Versailles Greenwich Seven wonders of the modern world / Jonathan Glancey Earth from space The Forth Railway Bridge The New York skyline The Union Pacific 'Big Boy' 4-8-8-4 freight locomotive The DNA spiral Concorde The CERN Particle Accelerator Epilogue / Jonathan Glancey.