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The Art, Archaeology, and History of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
As part of the George E. Mylonas Lecture in Classical Art and Archaeology, best-selling historian Bettany Hughes will guide us through the landscapes of both ancient and modern times. Hughes’s book, The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, will be on sale in the Museum Shop, and she will be available to sign books immediately following the program.
This lecture is presented in partnership with the Hellenic Government–Karakas Family Foundation Professorship in Greek Studies at the University of Missouri–St. Louis; the departments of classics and art history and archaeology at Washington University in St. Louis; and the Classical Club of St. Louis.
Bettany Hughes, courtesy of SandStone Global
About the program
The Great Pyramid at Giza. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. The Temple of Artemis. The statue of Zeus at Olympia. The Mausoleum of Halikarnassos. The Colossus at Rhodes. The Lighthouse of Alexandria. The Seven Wonders of the World were staggeringly audacious impositions on our planet. They were also brilliant adventures of the mind, test cases for the reaches of human imagination. Now, only the great pyramid remains fully standing, yet the scale and majesty of these seven wonders still enthrall us today. Join distinguished historian and scholar, best-selling author, and award-winning journalist and broadcaster Bettany Hughes in a colorful talk enriched with the latest archaeological discoveries.
Ticket information
Tickets for this free program may be reserved in person at the Museum’s welcome desks or through MetroTix. All tickets reserved through MetroTix incur a service charge; the service charge is waived for tickets reserved at the Museum.
Generous support provided by Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program.
