TY - ADVS AU - Brosnan,Pierce AU - Maltby,Clive ED - History Channel (Television network) TI - Building the impossible: the seven wonders of the ancient world U1 - 930.1 23 PY - 2011/// CY - North Sydney, N.S.W., [Northcote, Vic.] PB - Direct Holdings/Time Life, Distributed by Shock Entertainment KW - Architecture, Ancient KW - Civilization, Ancient KW - Seven Wonders of the World KW - Curiosities and wonders KW - Documentary television programs KW - DVD N1 - Shock Entertainment: 0758775; Copyright, Atlantic Productions 2000. Direct Holdings Australia Copyright, 2011; The hanging garden of Babylon, Iraq -- The statue of Zeus at Olympia, Greece -- The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus (Bodrum), Turkey -- The pyramid of Giza, Egypt -- The temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Turkey -- The Colossus of Rhodes, Greece -- The Pharos of Alexandria, Egypt; Written and directed by Clive Maltby; Narrated by Pierce Brosnan; Rated: G N2 - The dusty ruins of the 'Seven Wonders' are transformed to their former glory using high-end computer graphics in this information-packed production. An eye-opening documentary that unravels the genius behind these incredible monuments and attempts to discover how they were built. Of the Seven Wonders, only the enigmatic pyramids of Giza remain, but this fascinating portrait allows us to witness the glory of the greatest constructions ever built without modern machinery. It also tells the story not just of kings and queens, but of the sculptors, architects and engineers who made the vision a reality ER -