7 Wonders of the Ancient World

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7 Wonders of the Ancient World
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Lighthouse at Alexandria

• The Lighthouse at Alexandria was built in 279
  B.C. on the small island of Pharos by Sostratus
  for Ptolemy II. The lighthouse was over 400 feet
  high.

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The Colossus of Rhodes

• The Colossus of Rhodes stands over 100 feet tall,
  this statue of the Greek sun god was completed by
  the sculptor Chares in 280 B.C. The Colossus
  stood with one hand shielding its eyes looking
  over the harbor of the Greek island.

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Mausoleum

• The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus was built by
  Carian ruler Mausolus in 353 B.C. This tomb was
  of such great size and, with its sculptured
  friezes, so beautiful, that fragments of it are
  preserved in Turkey and at the British Museum.

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Statue of Zeus

• The Statue of Zeus, though small in relation to
  some of the other wonders of the ancient world,
  this statue of Zeus, sculpted by the Greek
  Phidias about 430 B.C., won fame because of its
  beauty.

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Temple of Diana at Ephesus

• Temple of Diana at Ephesus measured 300 by 150
  feet, with columns 60 feet high. This great
  temple dedicated to the goddess Diana was begun
  about 555 B.C. by Croesus, king of Lydia. Avandal
  burned down the original temple in 356 B . C.,
  but it was rebuilt by Alexander the Great.

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Hanging Gardens of Babylon

• The Hanging Gardens of Babylon rose on terraces
  some 400 feet above the level of the plain. This
  hanging gardens were built by Nebuchadnezzar
  about 600 B.C. to console his queen, who missed
  the mountains, trees and flowers of her native
  Media.

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Pyramids at Giza

• The Great Pyramids at Giza, which date from the
  Old Kingdom (2700-2300 B. C. ), are the oldest
  and most famous of the Seven Wonders of the World
  and the only of the ancient wonders that are
  still standing today.

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Links to Ancient Wonders

• http//ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/wonders/
• http//www.cnn.com/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/9705/seven.
  wonders/

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Links to Modern Wonders

• http//ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/wonders/modern/index.
  html
• http//www.worldvstore.com/modern_wonders.htm
• http//www.travelersdigest.com/seven_modern_wonder
  s_2.htm
• http//www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/wonder/structu
  re/us_court_seattle.html

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