The Annual George E. Mylonas Lecture in Classical Art and Archaeology

Their names still echo down the ages: 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.

In a thrilling, colorful talk enriched with the latest archaeological discoveries, historian and bestselling author Bettany Hughes guides us through the landscapes of both ancient and modern time. This is a journey whose purpose is to ask why we wonder, why we create, why we choose to remember the wonder of others. She explores traces of the Wonders themselves, and the traces they have left in history. With her signature knack for storytelling, Bettany reminds her audiences of the exciting and nourishing notion that humans can make the impossible happen. Her book of the same name was critically acclaimed and an instant Sunday Times bestseller. Stephen Fry lauded the book, 'A wondrous wonderful achievement' and Lucy Worsley claimed Bettany as ‘the eighth wonder of the world.’--- More Event Details: https://tritonconnect.umsl.edu/rsvp?id=380268