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Ancient Engineers
by L. Sprague De Camp
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Ballantine Books (1987-01-12)
ISBN: 0345320298
EAN: 9780345320292
Binding/Media: Mass Market Paperback - 464 pages
Release Date: 1987-01-12
SKU: 050309194
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: Softcover, no writing, firm binding, has some shelfwear to edges and corners and a corner crease on the back cover, pages are crisp and clean. All items ship from a smoke-free home.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
The Pyramids of Giza, the Parthenon of Greece, the Great Wall of China, the Colosseum of Rome . . . Today, we stand in awe before these wonders of the ancient world. They hold our history and the deepest secrets of our past in their hidden recesses.
In THE ANCIENT ENGINEERS, L. Sprague de Camp delves into the heart of the mystery. He introduces us to the master builders who had the vision, the power, and the passion to reach for the clouds and touch the heavens. We share in some of the greatest technological triumphs of all time -- triumphs of the human mind, imagination, and spirit.
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Amazon.com Review
A reasonably scholarly but nonetheless accessible history of the great engineering feats of the human race up to the Renaissance, including a great chapter on Oriental architecture, a topic often neglected by such surveys.
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