This title offers a fascinating introduction to the diversity of ancient Africa, choosing seven buildings or monuments that qualify as 'wonders of the world' and offer a window on the people and places that gave birth to such marvels as the skyscraper tombstones of Ethiopia, the ancient buildings of Timbuktu, the lost southern city of Great Zimbabwe, or the Great Sphinx of Egypt. Short texts, arresting photographs, prints and maps do indeed inspire wonder and a desire to learn more about the rise and fall of these great African civilisations of former times.