Around the World in 80 Treasures

by Cruickshank, Dan

• ISBN13: 9780297843993
• ISBN10: 0297843990
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-08-01
• Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Summary

Dan Cruickshank's quest is to tell the story of civilisation through the greatest of man's achievements. It will also be the story of his travels, and who and what he meets along the way.Whether standing before the solemn heads of Easter Island, investigating the mysterious Nazca lines in Peru or the magnificent temple of Borobodur in Java, Dan is never less than fascinating about the origins, construction, mysteries and vicissitudes of each of these monuments to the great civilisations of the world. Do they live up to expectation? Have they been left in ruin, or over-restored?Dan's diary, written at the end of each day, records his most intimate thoughts and feelings, the people he has met, the ups and downs of the journey, perils, joys, and the ongoing relationships formed on the road. AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 TREASURES is a riveting story of adventure and the pursuit of knowledge.

Table of Contents

Map of the route	6	(2)
Introduction	8	(2)
MYSTIC AMERICA
Machu Picchu, Peru	10	(4)
Gold necklace of the Old Lord of Sipan, Peru	14	(2)
Inca salt pans, Peru	16	(1)
The mud city of Chan Chan, Peru	17	(2)
The Nazca Lines, Peru	19	(3)
Moai of Easter Island	22	(3)
Umahara headdress of the Hikbatsa tribe, Brazil	25	(5)
Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	30	(2)
PROMISED LANDS
The tomb of King Pakal, Palenque, Mexico	32	(4)
Rivera's 'Man, Controller of the Universe', Mexico	36	(2)
The Giants of Tula, Mexico	38	(3)
Mesa Verde, Colorado, USA	41	(3)
1851 pattern Navy Colt, Colorado, USA	44	(3)
Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's house, Virginia, USA	47	(3)
The Seagram Building, New York	50	(2)
The Statue of Liberty, New York	52	(2)
THE SPIRIT OF THE NATIONS
Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney Opera House or St James's Church, Australia	54	(4)
Aboriginal rock art, Kakadu, Australia	58	(4)
Borobudur Buddhist Temple, Java	62	(3)
Spirit houses of Torajaland, Sulawesi	65	(2)
The Tau Tau -- images of the dead, Sulawesi	67	(3)
Angkor Wat, Cambodia	70	(3)
Stone faces of Bayon, Angkor Thom	73	(2)
Golden elephant of Ayutthaya, Thailand	75	(3)
HIDDEN WORLDS
Samurai sword, Japan	78	(3)
Ryoanji Garden, Kyoto	81	(2)
Himeji Castle, Japan	83	(4)
The Great Wall of China	87	(3)
The Forbidden City, Beijing	90	(3)
Chinese porcelain, Shanghai	93	(2)
The Grounds of the Summer Palace, Beijing	95	(4)
The Terracotta Army, Xi'an	99	(5)
HEAT AND PASSION
The goddess Durga, Calcutta, India	104	(5)
The palace of Sigiriya, Sri Lanka	109	(4)
The Great Buddha of Polonnaruwa	113	(1)
The Buddha's Tooth, Kandy, Sri Lanka	114	(3)
Meenakshi Temple at Madurai, India	117	(4)
The spices of Cochin	121	(3)
The Jantar Mantar Observatory, Jaipur	124	(3)
The Taj Mahal, Agra	127	(3)
TRADE ROUTES
Samarkand, Uzbekistan	130	(4)
Old City of Bukhara	134	(4)
Fire Temple, Baku, Azerbaijan	138	(2)
Bisitun cuneiform, Iran	140	(4)
Emam Mosque, Isfahan, Iran	144	(4)
Persepolis, Iran	148	(3)
Persian carpets, Shiraz, Iran	151	(2)
Damascus souk, Syria	153	(3)
HOLY LANDS
Holy Land mosaics, Jordan	156	(2)
Petra, Jordan	158	(5)
Temple Mount, Jerusalem, Israel	163	(6)
The Axum Stelae, Ethiopia	169	(2)
Illuminated manuscripts, Debre Damo, Ethiopia	171	(3)
The Lalibela Cross, Ethiopia	174	(3)
Rock churches of Lalibela, Ethiopia	177	(3)
WATER AND LIFE
Djenne Mosque, Mali	180	(3)
The Dogon Mask, Bandiagara, Mali	183	(3)
Circumcision paintings, Songho, Mali	186	(1)
Leptis Magna, Libya	187	(4)
Berber Granary, Qasr al-Hajj, Libya	191	(4)
Tutankhamen's mask, Cairo, Egypt	195	(2)
The Great Pyramid, Giza, Egypt	197	(5)
Queen Nefertari's tomb paintings, Luxor, Egypt	202	(5)
The Temple of Horus, Edfu, Egypt	207	(3)
MAN AND NATURE
Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey	210	(3)
Underground city of Goreme, Turkey	213	(5)
The Moscow Metro, Russia	218	(3)
Solovki Monastery, Archangel, Russia	221
Peter the Great's Cabin, St Petersburg, Russia	22	(206)
Wieliczka salt mine, Poland	228	(2)
Volkswagen Beetle, Munich, Germany	230	(3)
Bauhaus chair, Dessau, Germany	233	(2)
Mostar Bridge, Bosnia	235	(3)
THE OLD WORLD
The Parthenon, Athens, Greece	238	(2)
The Pantheon, Rome, Italy	240	(3)
The Medici Chapel, Florence, Italy	243	(2)
The Grand Canal, Venice, Italy	245	(3)
Picasso's 'Guernica', Madrid, Spain	248	(2)
The Alhambra, Granada, Spain	250	(2)
Chartres Cathedral, France	252	(4)
Photographic credits	256	(1)
Acknowledgements	256