Monday, October 25, 2010

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World DVD

Rating: 9.5/10

Finding documentaries for children that aren't cartoonish in nature, yet aren't so dry as to be boring for young viewers is not always easy.

However, this DVD easily accomplishes that balance.  Going through a step by step view of each of the 7 wonders, describing how and why it was made, with computer animations, it shows dramatizations of the building of each of them.  It provides plenty of information for adults and children alike.  Running time is 140 minutes. 

Also included, is an alternate 7 Wonders of the Ancient World that the Greeks, who came up with the original list, had not seen.  From the Colosseum to the Great Wall of China and including the terra cotta army, it gives a very brief description and history of each.

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