Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

are amazing. They include the Great Pyramid of
Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Statue
of Zeus at Olympia, the Temple of Artemis at
Ephesus, the Mausoleum of Maussollos at
Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes, and the
Lighthouse of Alexandria. The historian Herodotus
and the scholar Callimachus comprised these
original Seven Wonders.
The Great Pyramid of Giza was the tallest
building in the world for thousands of years; from
2570 BC to 1300 AD. Over the years it has been the
victim to erosion, which has caused its height to
shrink a few meters, from 146.6 to 138.8. It was
originally built by the Egyptians to serve as a tomb
for the Egyptian Pharaoh Khufu. It was built around
2560 BC over a twenty-year period. It is the only
Ancient Wonder, which remains intact to this date.
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were built
in around 600 BC by Nebuchadnezzar II. He was
said to construct this beautiful garden to please his
wife, who missed the flora of her homeland. The
garden was said to be 22 meters high with devices
used to control the water level, and there was also
huge trees on the roof. This work of art was destroyed in the first century BC by
an earthquake.
The Statue of Zeus at Olympia was carved by Phidias, a famed sculptor in
432 BC. The height of the statue was 12 meters high, and it was said that if Zeus
were to stand up, he would unroof the building he was in. The statue was very
elaborate, Zeus was made of ivory plated with gold, while the throne he was
sitting on was a combination of ivory, gold, ebony and gems. It was probably built
to honor Zeus, the Greek God of gods. The cause of destruction is debated
between two common theories: it was destroyed with the temple by an
earthquake in the fifth century, or it was carried off and later destroyed by a fire.
The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus was built in 550 BC under the reign of
Croesus of Lydia and took 120 years to complete. It was constructed to honor the
Greek God of the Hunt. Herostratus destroyed the temple on July 21, 356 BC
because Herostatus wanted to achieve fame at any cost.
The Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus was a tomb built for
Mausolus who was an important figure in the Persian Empire, and Artemisia II,
who was his wife and sister. It was constructed by Greek architects Satyrus and
Pythius. Each of the four walls are
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