The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

For the Greeks, to see the marvelous was to touch the divine. The Greeks loved stories about fabulous works of nature and feats of engineering and compiled many lists of “must see” monuments all over the world. This lecture focuses on the most famous of these catalogues of marvels. It describes the various monuments on this list and why they were so important to travellers many centuries ago. Of the original Seven Wonders only one, the Great Pyramids of Giza, the oldest of the ancient wonders, remains relatively intact.

Professor Alastair Blanshard is the inaugural Paul Eliadis Professor of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Queensland. Alastair grew up in Brisbane, where he was an undergraduate before heading off to Cambridge to undertake his doctoral studies.

Time and Location: The Crossing Theatre, Narrabri, arrivals at 6.30pm for 7pm start