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WORLD WONDERS
Can you name the Seven Wonders of

the Ancient World?
WORLD WONDERS
Don't panic if you can't.
WORLD WONDERS
With modern monuments, the Seven
Wonders of the Middle Ages, and
the world's Seven Natural Wonders
in the mix, very few people can
sort out these astounding ancient
architectural feats. What makes it
even harder is that only one still
exists.
WORLD WONDERS
Inspired by mythology, religion and
art, ancient civilizations undertook
these seven imposing projects
from about 2700 B.C. to about 270
B.C. Fires, earthquakes, conquests
and the ravages of time have led to
the others' demise.
7 WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT

WORLD
The ancient Greeks and Romans are
said to have initiated the original
"Seven Wonders" list, perhaps as an
early travel guide of sorts.
You can see the location of the

ancient world wonders
1. What is this?
The Colossus of Rhodes

Built:Early 200s B.C.
Location:Near harbor of Rhodes, a Greek island in
Aegean Sea
History:The Greek sculptor Chares and his shop
worked 12 years to build a giant bronze statue in
honor of the sun god Helios. The statue, celebrating
the unity of Rhodes' three city-states, is believed to
have stood on a promontory overlooking the water.
At approximately 120 feet, the bronze Colossus stood
almost as high as the Statue of Liberty in the United
States. Interior stone blocks and iron bars supported
the hollow statue. Just 56 years after it was built, a
strong earthquake destroyed it
2. What is this?
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Built:About 600 B.C.
Location:In Babylon near modern-day Baghdad,
Iraq
History:These gardens -- which may be only a fable
-- are said to have been laid out on a brick terrace by
King Nebuchadnezzar II for one of his wives.
According to the writings of a Babylonian priest, they
were approximately 400 feet square and 75 feet
above the ground. His account says slaves working in
shifts turned screws to lift water from the nearby
Euphrates River to irrigate the trees, shrubs and
flowers.
3. What is this?
The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

Built: About 353 B.C.
Location: In what is now southwestern Turkey
History: This enormous white marble tomb was built to hold
the remains of Mausolus (Mausollos), a provincial king in the
Persian Empire, and his wife, Artemisia . Greek architects
Satyrus and Pythius designed the approximately 135-foothigh tomb, and four famous Grecian sculptors added an
ornamental frieze (decorated band) around its exterior.
Word of the grandeur of the finished structure spread though
the ancient world, and the word "mausoleum" came to
represent any large tomb.
The monument was damaged by an earthquake in the early
15th century and eventually disassembled. Only the
foundation and some pieces remain. The British Museum in
London has several of the mausoleum's sculptures.
4. What is this?
The Pharos (Lighthouse) of

Alexandria
Location: On ancient island of Pharos in harbor of
Alexandria, Egypt
The Pharos guided sailors into the city harbor for 1,500
years and was the last of the six lost wonders to disappear.
Earthquakes toppled it in the 14th century A.D.
The structure was so famous that the word "pharos" came to
mean lighthouse in French, Italian and Spanish.
In November 1996, a team of divers searching the
Mediterranean Sea claimed to have found the ruins of the
fabled lighthouse of Pharos.
5. What is this?
The Statue of Zeus

Location: Ancient Greek city of Olympia
History: In about 450 B.C., the city of Olympia -- where the first
Olympic Games were held in 776 B.C. -- built a temple to honor the
god Zeus.
Many considered the Doric-style temple too simple, so a lavish 40foot statue of Zeus was commissioned for inside. Athenian sculptor
Phidias created an ivory Zeus seated on a throne, draped in a gold
robe. Zeus had a wreath around his head and held a figure of his
messenger Nike in his right hand and a scepter in his left.
Eventually, wealthy Greeks decided to move the statue to a palace
in Constantinople (present-day Istanbul, Turkey). Their effort
prolonged its life, as fire later devastated the Olympia temple.
However, the new location couldn't keep Zeus eternally safe: a
severe fire destroyed the statue in 462 A.D.
All that remains in Olympia are the temple's fallen columns and the
foundation of the building.
6. What is this?
The Temple of Artemis (Diana) at Ephesus

Location: In Greek city of Ephesus, on west coast of modern
Turkey
History: The great Ionian city of Ephesus was chosen as the
site for one of the largest and most complex temples built in
ancient times. The Temple of Artemis (Diana) had a marble
sanctuary and a tile-covered wooden roof.
Conceived by architect Chersiphron and his son, Metagenes,
the temple's inner space featured a double row of at least
106 columns, each believed to be 40 to 60 feet high. The
foundation was approximately 200 feet by 400 feet.
The original temple burned in 356 B.C. and was rebuilt on the
same foundation. Fire devastated the second temple in 262
A.D., but its foundation and some debris have survived. The
British Museum in London counts some of the second
temple's sculptures among its treasures.
7. What is this?
The Pyramids of Egypt

Built: From about 2700 to 2500 B.C.
Location: Giza, Egypt, on west bank of Nile River near
Cairo
History: The Egyptian Pyramids are the oldest and only
surviving member of the ancient wonders.
Of the 10 pyramids at Giza, the first three are held in the
highest regard. The first, and largest, was erected for the
Pharaoh Khufu. Known as the Great Pyramid, it rises about
450 feet (having lost about 30 feet off the top over the years)
and covers 13 acres.
It's believed to have taken 100,000 laborers about 20 years
to build the mammoth Khufu pyramid, using an estimated 2.3
million blocks. By one theory, crews dragged or pushed
limestone blocks up mud-slicked ramps to construct the
royal tombs.
Wonders of the world (2)
Some scholars think that the following

structures deserve to be world
wonders as well:
1. Catacombs in Alexandria
2. Colosseum in Rome
3. Great Wall of China
4. Hagia Sophia
5. Porcelain Tower of Nanjing
6. Taj Mahal
7. Stonehenge
Some other interesting structures:

Mountain Rushmore, the USA
Statues at Easter Island
The Remains of Petra, Jordan
The Statue of Liberty, New York
Statue of Christ the Redeemer,

Brazil
The Leaning Tower in Pisa, Italy
The Acropolis of Athens
The Kremlin and Red Square
The Eiffel Tower
Nature can also make wonders. Here are some

wonders made by nature:
The Amazon River
Angel Falls, Venezuela
Table Mountain, Cape Town
Grand Canyon, the USA
The Dead Sea
Vesuvius, Italy
Cliffs of Moher, Ireland
Wonders of the Modern World
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Can you name the Seven Wonders of

Don't panic if you can't.

7 WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT

You can see the location of the

The Colossus of Rhodes

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

The Pharos (Lighthouse) of

The Statue of Zeus

The Temple of Artemis (Diana) at Ephesus

Built: About 550 B.C.

The Pyramids of Egypt

Wonders of the world (2)

Some scholars think that the following

3. Great Wall of China

5. Porcelain Tower of Nanjing

Some other interesting structures:

Statues at Easter Island

The Remains of Petra, Jordan

The Statue of Liberty, New York

Statue of Christ the Redeemer,

The Leaning Tower in Pisa, Italy

The Acropolis of Athens

The Kremlin and Red Square

The Eiffel Tower

Nature can also make wonders. Here are some

The Amazon River

Angel Falls, Venezuela

Table Mountain, Cape Town

Grand Canyon, the USA

The Dead Sea

Cliffs of Moher, Ireland

Wonders of the Modern World

WONDERS OF THE MODERN

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