|
|
The seven wonders of the ancient world
are: The pyramid of Kheops, built around 2700-2500 BC, on the
Giza Plateau, Egypt. The most available theory is that the
Egyptian pyramids were built as tombs for the pharaohs. The
Great pyramid of Kheops is the only wonder of the ancient world
that still exists today. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, built
around 600 BC, in Babylon, on the East side of Eufrat. It is not
a certain thing if that gardens really existed, it is assumed
that they were built by the king Nebuchadnezzar II for one oh
his wives that was ill, to assuage her longing for the mountains
and gardens of her native place Media. The Lighthouse of
Alexandria built between 280 BC and 290 BC, on the island
Pharos. The lighthouse was made by Ptolemeu Soter and his sun,
Ptolemeu Philadelphus and destroyed by two earthquakes in 1303
AD and in 1323 AD. Colossus of Rhodes - its building lasted 12
years and was finished in 282 BC. The statue was placed at the
entrance in the harbor from the Rhodes island Greece. The statue
was dedicated to the sun god, Helios. The colossus lost a leg
in the 225 BC earthquake and was sold to a Jew from Syria. The
Statue of Zeus at Olympia - built between 470-450 BC, in
Olympia, Greece. Was dedicated to Zeus and destroyed in 462 AD
by a fire at Constantinople. The Mausoleum of Maussollos at
Halicarnassus - built in 353 BC, at Halicarnassus- Turkey. It
was built by Artemisia, the wife of Maussollos in his memory and
destroyed by an earthquake. The Temple of Artemis – built in 550
BC, in Ephesus, antique Greece, by the king Croesus and
dedicated to the goddess Artemis and destroyed in 262 AD by
Goths. |
|