Post on 28-Jul-2020
THE SEVEN WONDERS….
1. Great Pyramid of Giza
THIS 7 WONDER OF
THE WORLD IS SPECIAL
BECAUSE IT IS THE
ONLY ONE THAT STILL
EXISTS
Completed around 2560
BCE, the pyramid had a
smooth exterior and
reached a height of 481
feet. Archaeologists say it took as long as 20 years to build the Great Pyramid,
which is thought to have been built to honor the Pharaoh Khufu.
THE FOLLOWING SEVEN WONDERS ARE SKETCHES BECAUSE THESE
WONDERS NO LONGER EXIST
2. Lighthouse of
Alexandria
Built around 280 BCE, the Lighthouse of Alexandria stood around 400 feet tall and
guarded the Egyptian port city, Alexandria. For centuries, it was considered the
tallest building in the world. Time and numerous earthquakes took their toll on the
structure, which gradually fell into ruin. In 1480, materials from the lighthouse
were used to construct a fortress that still stands on Pharos Island.
3. Colossus of Rhodes
This bronze and iron
statue of the sun god
Helios was built in the
Greek city of Rhodes in
280 BCE as a war
monument. Standing
beside the city's
harbor, the statue was
nearly 100 feet tall,
about the same size as
the Statue of Liberty.
It was destroyed in an
earthquake in 226 BCE.
4. Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
Located in southwestern Turkey,
the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
was built around 350 BCE. It was
originally called the Tomb of
Mausolus and was designed for a
Persian ruler and his wife. The
structure was destroyed by a
series of earthquakes between
the 12th and 15th centuries and
was the last of the seven wonders
of the ancient world to be
destroyed.
5. Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
The Temple of Artemis
was located in western
Turkey in honor of the
Greek goddess of hunting.
Historians can't pinpoint
when the temple was first
built on the site but they
do know it was destroyed
by flooding in the 7th
century BCE. A second
temple stood from about
550 BCE to 356 BCE, when
it was burned to the ground. Its replacement, built shortly thereafter, was
destroyed in 268 CE by invading Goths.
6. Statue of Zeus at Olympia Built sometime around 435 BCE
by the sculptor Phidias, this
statue of gold, ivory, and wood
stood over 40 feet tall and
depicted the Greek god Zeus
seated on a cedar throne. The
statue was lost or destroyed
sometime in the 5th century, and
very few historical images of it
exist.
7. Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Not much is known of the
Hanging Gardens of Babylon. It
is believed to have been located
in present-day Iraq. Stories say
that it was built by the
Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar
II around 600 BCE for his wife.
However, archaeologists have
found no substantial evidence to
confirm the gardens ever
existed.