The Colosseum (26 page)

Rosemary Hill:
Stonehenge

Robert Irwin:
The Alhambra

Richard Jenkyns:
Westminster Abbey

Keith Miller:
St Peter’s

John Ray:
The Rosetta Stone

Gavin Stamp:
The Memorial to the Missing of the Somme

Giles Tillotson:
Taj Mahal

David Watkin:
The Roman Forum

Forthcoming

Gillian Darley:
Vesuvius

David Drew:
Machu Picchu

Llewelyn Morgan:
The Buddhas of Bamiyan

John Ray:
The Lighthouse of Alexandria

Table of Contents

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Preface

CHAPTER 1 The Colosseum Now …

CHAPTER 2 … and Then

CHAPTER 3 The Killing Fields

CHAPTER 4 The People of the Colosseum

CHAPTER 5 Bricks and Mortar

CHAPTER 6 Life after Death

Making a visit?

Further reading

List of illustrations

List of figures

Acknowledgements

Index