ABANDONED CIVILISATIONS - The Mysteries Behind More Than 90 Lost Worlds

A pictorial work examining contemporary remnants of abandoned or collapsed former civilisations, with 150 colour photographs taking in the pyramids in Egypt, the ruins at Angkor in Cambodia, and semi-buried Roman cities.

Summary

Why are towns abandoned? And how do once mighty cities come to be forgotten about? From the pyramids of Egypt to the ruins at Angkor in Cambodia and on to the mysteries of the Easter Island moai statues, Abandoned Civilisations is a brilliant photographic work examining lost worlds.

Product details

• Authors: Kieron Connolly
• Publisher: Amber Books Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781782746676
• ISBN: 978-1-78274-667-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 236 mm x 308 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 1362 g
• Illustrations: Halftones, color
• Series: Abandoned; Abandoned...; Abandoned Places
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous