Ancient Architecture History Of World Architecture

This book traces the earliest history of architecture at its birthplace inhe ancient Middle East (primarily the current Iran and Iraq) and ancientgypt, and covers archeological sites, temples, tombs, and early dwellings -everal of which have been the subject of recent news coverage on sites andreasures threatened by the Iraq war and political instability. The Historyf World Architecture is one of Electa's most popular architecture series,ith each book in the series providing a comprehensive overview of itsubject by a world-renowned expert in the field, accompanied by 200-300lack-and-white photographs, plans, and drawings and 24 colour plates. Firstublished in the 1970s and 1980s, the Italian editions of these books remaintandard reference works in architecture history and continue to sell wellue to the authority of their authors, their judicious combination of textnd illustrations, and careful use of accurate yet accessible terms. Thenglish editions, after being out of print for several years, are nowvailable again exclusively through Phaidon. The books are ideal forMuller, Hans Wolfgang is the author of 'Ancient Architecture History Of World Architecture', published 2004 under ISBN 9781904313281 and ISBN 1904313280.