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A review by romrosp
A History of the World in 100 Objects by Neil MacGregor
3.0
Object 25 Gold Coin of Croesus, around 550 BC
p. 159
'As rich as Croesus'. It's a phrase that echoes down the centuries...
p. 161
It was thanks to that wealth that Croesus was able to build the great Temple of Artemis at Ephesus - the rebuilt version of which became one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
p. 159
'As rich as Croesus'. It's a phrase that echoes down the centuries...
p. 161
It was thanks to that wealth that Croesus was able to build the great Temple of Artemis at Ephesus - the rebuilt version of which became one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.