Excerpt from The Wonders of Art: Containing an Account of Celebrated Ancient Ruins; Fortifications; Public Edifices; Monuments; And Some of the Most Curious and Useful Inventions in Modern Times, Designed for the Instruction of Young Persons The Tower of Babel, Ruins of Ancient Babylon, The Ruins of Palmyra, The Ruins of Balbec, The City of Jerusalem, The Pyramids of Egypt, The Ruins of Herculaneum, Ruins of Pompeii, Pompey's Pillar, Coliseum of Rome, Aqueducts. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.