Bettany Hughes 'The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World' with Mai Musié

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Join us for an evening with renowned Historian and presenter, Bettany Hughes discussing her highly anticipated new book.

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The Seven Wonders of the Ancient WorldTheir 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 HughesProfessor Bettany Hughes is an award-winning historian, author and broadcaster, who has devoted the last 25 years to the vibrant communication of the past. Her speciality is ancient and mediaeval history and culture. A Scholar at Oxford University, she has taught at Oxford and Cambridge Universities and lectured at Cornell, Bristol, UCL, Maastricht, Utrecht, Manchester and Swansea. She is a Tutor for Cambridge University’s Institute of Continuing Education, a Research Fellow of King's College London and recently joined the New College of the Humanities as Professor of History.​In 2019 Bettany became Chair of the Man Booker International Prize for Fiction, and was awarded an OBE for services to history.​Bettany has long drawn attention to women’s position in society both past and present. She was named as one of the BBC’s 100 Global Woman, was asked to launch the UK’s Inspiring Women mentoring scheme and his written extensively on the subject for national and international publications. Bettany stands on the Women of the World Committee.Dr Mai MusiéDr Mai Musié is an ancient historian and a public engagement professional. She received her PhD in Ancient History from Swansea University in 2019. Her research explores race and ethnicity in the ancient world; she investigates how the ‘other’ is represented in ancient Greek and Roman literary sources. Mai is passionate about exploring the interconnectivity between the ancient Mediterranean world and North-East Africa and has worked with higher education institutions, and charitable-voluntary organisations, managing a diverse range of access and outreach programmes.This event costs £8 per ticket and is limited to 100 guests for a special, initimate evening with one of the foremost Historians writing today. Copies of 'The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World' will be available to purchase and have signed at the event.