9780714860848: The Sites of Ancient Greece
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| SKU | 9780714860848 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Sites of Ancient Greece |
| Author Description | Text by Paul Cartledge, with aerial photographs by Georg Gerster |
| Uri | store/photography/the-sites-of-ancient-greece-9780714860848/ |
| Web Author Description | Paul Cartledge (b.1947) is Professor of Greek History, the AG Leventis Professor of Greek Culture and a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge. He also holds a visiting Global Distinguished Professorship at New York University. Cartledge is a world expert on Athens and Sparta in the Classical Age and was chief historical consultant for the BBC TV series ‘The Greeks’ and the Channel 4 series ‘The Spartans’. His most recent books include Ancient Greek Political Thought in Practice (2009) and Ancient Greece: A History in Eleven Cities (2009). He is also honorary citizen of (modern) Sparta. Georg Gerster (1928-2019) was a pioneer in aerial photography. For over forty years he took breath-taking pictures of mountains, coasts and spectacular archeological sites in 111 countries on all continents. |
| webLongDescription | From the Acropolis to Mount Olympus, The Sites of Ancient Greece offers a birds-eye view of some of the most famous and evocative landscapes, cities and buildings in history, many of them UNESCO World Heritage sites. |
| Binding | Hardback |
| Size | Size: 290 x 224 mm (11 3/8 x 8 7/8 in) |
| Pages | Pages: 160 |
| Illustrations | 100 |
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