Around the World in 80 Treasures

by Dan Cruickshank

• ISBN13: 9780753819470
• ISBN10: 0753819473
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-01
• Publisher: Phoenix

Summary

From great churches and temples, to statues, weapons and artifacts, this is the story of Dan Cruickshank's travels in pursuit of the most famous, and infamous, man-made treasures in the world.

Table of Contents

Picture credits	viii
Acknowledgements	ix
Map of the route	x
Introduction	xiii
Mystic America
Machu Picchu, Peru	1	(4)
Gold Necklace of the Old Lord of Sipan, Peru	5	(3)
Inca Salt Pans, Peru	8	(1)
The Mud City of Chan Chan, Peru	9	(2)
The Nazca Lines, Peru	11	(4)
Moai of Easter Island	15	(5)
Umahara Headdress of the Hikbatsa Tribe, Brazil	20	(6)
Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	26	(3)
Promised Lands
The Tomb of King Pakal, Palenque, Mexico	29	(4)
Rivera's `Man, Controller of the Universe', Mexico	33	(4)
The Giants of Tula, Mexico	37	(2)
Mesa Verde, Colorado, USA	39	(4)
1851 Pattern Navy Colt, Colorado, USA	43	(4)
Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's House, Virginia, USA	47	(3)
The Seagram Building, New York, USA	50	(3)
The Statue of Liberty, New York, USA	53	(3)
The Spirit of the Nations
Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney Opera House or St James's Church, Australia	56	(4)
Aboriginal Rock Art, Kakadu, Australia	60	(5)
Borobudur Buddhist Temple, Java	65	(4)
Spirit Houses of Torajaland, Sulawesi	69	(3)
The Tau Tau -- Images of the Dead, Sulawesi	72	(4)
Angkor Wat, Cambodia	76	(3)
Stone Faces of Bayon, Angkor Thom	79	(3)
Golden Elephant of Ayutthaya, Thailand	82	(5)
Hidden Worlds
Samurai Sword, Japan	87	(4)
Ryoanji Garden, Kyoto	91	(2)
Himeji Castle, Japan	93	(6)
The Great Wall of China	99	(2)
The Forbidden City, Beijing	101	(3)
Chinese Porcelain, Shanghai	104	(4)
The Grounds of the Summer Palace, Beijing	108	(4)
The Terracotta Army, Xi'an	112	(7)
Heat and Passion
The Goddess Durga, Calcutta, India	119	(8)
The Palace of Sigiriya, Sri Lanka	127	(3)
The Great Buddha of Polonnaruwa	130	(2)
The Buddha's Tooth, Kandy, Sri Lanka	132	(4)
Meenakshi Temple at Madurai, India	136	(6)
The Spices of Cochin	142	(4)
The Jantar Mantar Observatory, Jaipur	146	(4)
The Taj Mahal, Agra	150	(4)
Trade Routes
Samarkand, Uzbekistan	154	(4)
Old City of Bukhara	158	(4)
Fire Temple, Baku, Azerbaijan	162	(3)
Bisitun Cuneiform, Iran	165	(5)
Emam Mosque, Isfahan, Iran	170	(5)
Persepolis, Iran	175	(5)
Persian Carpets, Shiraz, Iran	180	(2)
Damascus Souk, Syria	182	(5)
Holy Lands
Holy Land Mosaics, Jordan	187	(3)
Petra, Jordan	190	(6)
Temple Mount, Jerusalem, Israel	196	(9)
The Axum Stelae, Ethiopia	205	(3)
Illuminated Manuscripts of Debre Damo, Ethiopia	208	(4)
The Lalibela Cross, Ethiopia	212	(4)
Rock Churches of Lalibela, Ethiopia	216	(5)
Water and Life
Djenne Mosque, Mali	221	(4)
The Dogon Mask, Bandiagara, Mali	225	(4)
Circumcision Paintings, Songho, Mali	229	(1)
Leptis Magna, Libya	230	(5)
Berber Granary, Qasr al-Hajj, Libya	235	(7)
Tutankhamen's Mask, Cairo, Egypt	242	(3)
The Great Pyramid, Giza, Egypt	245	(5)
Queen Nefertari's Tomb Paintings, Luxor, Egypt	250	(7)
The Temple of Horus, Edfu, Egypt	257	(4)
Man and Nature
Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey	261	(5)
Underground City of Goreme, Turkey	266	(5)
The Moscow Metro, Russia	271	(3)
Solovki Monastery, Archangel, Russia	274	(4)
Peter the Great's Cabin, St Petersburg, Russia	278	(5)
Wieliczka Salt Mine, Poland	283	(4)
Volkswagen Beetle, Berlin, Germany	287	(4)
Bauhaus Chair, Dessau, Germany	291	(3)
Mostar Bridge, Bosnia	294	(5)
The Old World
The Parthenon, Athens, Greece	299	(3)
The Pantheon, Rome, Italy	302	(3)
The Medici Chapel, Florence, Italy	305	(4)
The Grand Canal, Venice, Italy	309	(3)
Picasso's `Guernica', Madrid, Spain	312	(3)
The Alhambra, Granada, Spain	315	(4)
Chartres Cathedral, France	319	(4)
Index	323