THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
Wonders of:
- The pyramid of Egypt at Giza, the oldest of the wonders, and the only one of the seven, substantially in existence today.
- The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, a series of landscape terraces, built by King Nebuchadnezzar for one of his wives.
- The Statue at Zeus at Olympia, Greece - a large ornate figure of the god on his throne made about 430BC.
- The Temple of Atemis at Ephesus - a structure famous for its imposing size and works of art that adorned it.
- The Mausoleum at Halicarnasus is the tomb of King Mausaolus at Halicarnassus, Turkey, a monumental tomb of the Anatolian king Mausaolus built by his widow, Artemisia.
- The Colossus of Rhodes at Aegean Sea - a huge bronze statue built at the harbour of Rhodes in commemoration of the raising of the siege of Rhodes (305BC).
- The Lighthouse of Alexandria, the most famous lighthouse of the ancient world, built for Ptole II of Egypt about 280BC on the Island of Pharos of Alexandria.
- The pyramid of Egypt at Giza, the oldest of the wonders, and the only one of the seven, substantially in existence today.
- The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, a series of landscape terraces, built by King Nebuchadnezzar for one of his wives.
- The Statue at Zeus at Olympia, Greece - a large ornate figure of the god on his throne made about 430BC.
- The Temple of Atemis at Ephesus - a structure famous for its imposing size and works of art that adorned it.
- The Mausoleum at Halicarnasus is the tomb of King Mausaolus at Halicarnassus, Turkey, a monumental tomb of the Anatolian king Mausaolus built by his widow, Artemisia.
- The Colossus of Rhodes at Aegean Sea - a huge bronze statue built at the harbour of Rhodes in commemoration of the raising of the siege of Rhodes (305BC).
- The Lighthouse of Alexandria, the most famous lighthouse of the ancient world, built for Ptole II of Egypt about 280BC on the Island of Pharos of Alexandria.
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