ARC 109 — Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Quarter: Summer
Instructor(s): Patrick Hunt
Date(s): Jun 22—Aug 10
Class Recording Available: No
Class Meeting Day: Mondays
Class Meeting Time: 7:00—8:50 pm (PT)
Tuition: $475
Refund Deadline: Jun 24
Unit(s): 1
Status: Registration opens May 18, 8:30 am (PT)
The list of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was originally compiled in antiquity—it was partly referred to as early as the 5th century BCE by Herodotus. By the Roman period, geographers, travelers, and historians agreed on several wonders that “topped” the list: the Great Pyramids of Egypt, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Temple of Artemis (Diana) at Ephesus, the Lighthouse of Pharos at Alexandria, the Colossus of Rhodes, and the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus. Archaeologists and historians have since looked at these often-romanticized wonders—whether or not they survived to the present—as expressions of religion, mythology, art, power, and science. In this course, we will look at a range of “wonders” as well as two slightly later Roman works that should belong on this list—the Pantheon in Rome and the Pont du Gard aqueduct in Provence.
PATRICK HUNT
Former Director, Stanford Alpine Archaeology Project; Research Associate, Archeoethnobotany, Institute of EthnoMedicine
Patrick Hunt is the author of 26 books and is a lecturer for the Archaeological Institute of America. He received a PhD from the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. Hunt is an elected Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and the Explorers Club, and he has been a National Geographic Explorer since 2007. His Alps research has been sponsored by the National Geographic Expeditions Council. Textbooks for this course:
(Required) Peter A Clayton & Martin Price , The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (ISBN 978-0415050364)
(Required) John Romer & Elizabeth Romer , The Seven Wonders of the World: A History of the Modern Imagination (ISBN 978-1841880372)
(Required) John Romer & Elizabeth Romer , The Seven Wonders of the World: A History of the Modern Imagination (ISBN 978-1841880372)