7 wonders of the ancient world

7 Wonders of the Ancient World

The Pyramids of Egypt

Khufu, Khafra,and Menkaura located at Giza, Egypt

2680B.C.

Khufu: height of 482 feet - the tallest man-made structure in the world for over 3,800 years

Hanging Gardens of Babylon

built by Nebuchadnezzar around 600 B.C.

south of Baghdad, Iraq

The terraces were said to rise from 75 to 300 feet.

Statue of Zeus (Jupiter) at Olympia

fifth century B.C., located in Olympia, Greece

40-foot high statue in gold and ivory

destroyed in a fire

Temple of Artemis (Diana) at Ephesus

about 350 B.C.

In honor of the goddess Artemis

destroyed by invading Goths in A.D. 262.

This is left of Temple of Artemis today

Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

in Bodium, Turkey in 353B.C

source of the modern word “mausoleum

destroyed by earthquakes and further deconstruction by the Knights of St. John of Malta

Colossus at Rhodes

statue of Helios, the Greek god of Sun

Built in 280 B.C. Destroyed during an earthquake in 224 B.C.

Pharos of Alexandria

the 1st century B.C.between 380 and

490 ft highdestroyed by an

earthquake in the 13th century

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