The 7
Wonders
1 of Ancient World
(1)
The Pyramids of Egypt, built
at Giza during the 4th Dynasty (circa 2680-c. 2544 BC) are the
oldest of the seven wonders and the only ones remaining intact
today (see Pyramids).
(2)
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon,
perhaps built by King Nebuchadnezzar II about 600 BC, were a
mountainlike series of planted terraces.
(3) The 12-m
(40-ft) Statue of Zeus
(mid-5th century BC) by the Greek sculptor Phidias was the
central feature of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia, Greece.
(4) The
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
in Greece (356 BC), which combined great size with elaborate
ornamentation, was destroyed by the Goths in AD 262.
(5) The
Mausoleum of Halicarnassus
(circa 353 BC) was a monumental marble tomb, decorated by the
leading sculptor of the age, for King Mausolus of Caria in Asia
Minor; only fragments remain.
(6) The
Colossus of Rhodes was a 30-m
(100-ft) bronze statue of the Greek sun god Helios, erected about
280 BC to guard the entrance to the harbor at Rhodes; it was
destroyed about 55 years later.
(7) The
Pharos of Alexandria (circa
280 BC), located on an island in the harbor of Alexandria, Egypt,
was a famous ancient lighthouse standing more than 134 m (440 ft)
tall; it was destroyed in the 14th century...
