Bettany Hughes
Friday 15th March 2024
St Mark's Church, St Mary's Place, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9UY
6.50pm
7.30pm
*Due to popular demand, this event is now taking place in St Mark's Church. If you've already booked a place, your booking will carry over to the new venue.*
Bettany Hughes on The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
We cannot wait to welcome to St Andrews award-winning historian and King's College London professor Bettany Hughes in celebration of The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Hughes unearths the human ingenuity behind seemingly impossible feats through this enticing history of renowned ancient marvels.
If you enjoyed our 2023 event with Mary Beard, don't miss this evening of fascinating classical history.
Their names still echo down the ages: The Great Pyramid at Giza. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. The Temple of Artemis. The statue of Zeus at Olympia. The mausoleum of Halikarnassos. The Colossus at Rhodes. The Lighthouse of Alexandria. The Seven Wonders of the World were staggeringly audacious impositions on our planet. They were also brilliant adventures of the mind, test cases for the reaches of human imagination. Now only the great pyramid remains fully standing, yet the scale and majesty of these seven wonders still enthral us today.
In a thrilling, colourful narrative enriched with the latest archaeological discoveries, bestselling historian Bettany Hughes walks through the landscapes of both ancient and modern time. This is a journey whose purpose is to ask why we wonder, why we create, why we choose to remember the wonder of others. She explores traces of the Wonders themselves, and the traces they have left in history. A magisterial work of historical storytelling, The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World reinforces the exciting and nourishing notion that humans can make the impossible happen.
Bettany Hughes is an award-winning historian, author and broadcaster whose books have been translated into multiple languages. She has made many documentaries for the BBC, Channel 4, PBS, National Geographic, ABC and the Discovery and History channels. Bettany has been a Professor at the New College of Humanities and Research Fellow at King's College London. She has been honoured with numerous awards including the Medlicott Medal for services to history, Europe's Cultural Heritage Prize and an OBE for services to History.