ANCIENT GREECE IN FIFTY MONUMENTS by the highly respected publisher Thames & Hudson is an impressive visual tour of the great sites and monuments of Ancient Greece. We found it also io be an eye-opening examination of how a group of disparate and often warring city-states created a culture whose influence has reverberated across millennia and now occupies an exalted place in popular imagination.

From the Parthenon in Athens to the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi and the Temple of Zeus at Olympia, author David Stuttard shines a light on the principles and ideals that united the Greek world and explores how leaders and states used their buildings to project power or piety; to celebrate the arts and sport; and to communicate their values to future generations.

With new digital reconstructions that bring Ancient Greece to life—encompassing such iconic sites as the Acropolis and Knossos Palace—this remarkable book traces the development of Greek monuments from the Bronze Age to the Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic periods, charting how they have influenced subsequent eras and cultures, from Rome to the Renaissance to the present day.