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7 Wonders of the Ancient
World
I. Temple of the goddess Artemis
of Efes
The temple was built for 120 years by
Emperor Adrian the Great. The
building was built 51m and 105m
long. 127 columns of 18 m high
supported the roof. Inside the temple
is the 2 m statue of the Artemis
goddess, covered with gold and
silver.
Philon of Alexandria Philon said
about the building: "I saw the walls of
Babylon, saw the gardens of
Semiramis, saw the statue of Zeus of
Olympus, the Colosseum of Rhodes,
the pyramids. But when I saw the
temple of Ephesus, the other miracles
disappeared blurred."
On July 21, 356 BC, the temple burned in a fire; it is said that a man
named Herostratus lit the fire and that he also died in the fire. The
history of this man is one of the most dramatic and full lessons of
antiquity. He did not differ from his fellow men, but in the desire for his
name to be kept in the conscience of men, and in history he committed
this criminal act. Hence the expression "Glory to Herostrat" was born.
The legend says that on the night the temple burned, Alexander the
Great was born, and Artemis was too busy with his birth and did not
take care of the temple.
II. The Statue of Zeus in
Olympia
Olympia was located in the
western part of the Peloponnese,
about 10 km from the shores of the
Ionian Sea, at the confluence of the
Alfeu River and the Cladeos River.
Set on the right side of the river, at
the foot of Cronion Mountain, in
an evergreen landscape, Olympia
was never a proper city, but a vast
sanctuary, where temples, altars,
and public buildings devoted to
different deities were reunited
under the spiritual leadership
attributed to Zeus.
On July 21, 356 BC, the temple
burned in a fire; it is said that a man
named Herostratus lit the fire and
that he also died in the fire. The
history of this man is one of the
most dramatic and full lessons of
antiquity. He did not differ from his
fellow men, but in the desire for his
name to be kept in the conscience of
men, and in history he committed
this criminal act. Hence the
expression "Glory to Herostrat" was
born. The legend says that on the
night the temple burned, Alexander
the Great was born, and Artemis
was too busy with his birth and did
not take care of the temple.
III. The Great Pyramid of Giza
This is the only wonder of the world that does not require
descriptions of historians from antiquity or poets. It is the only
wonder of the world on which there is no speculation about form,
size and presentation. It is the oldest and yet the only one to survive
the time. Contrary to the general view, only the Great Pyramid of
Kheops, not all three of the Great Pyramids, is on the list of the seven
wonders of the ancient world.
The Great Pyramid of Gizeh was the highest building in the world for
more than 43 centuries, until the nineteenth century in 1889 when the
Eiffel Tower was built. At first it had 146 m (138 m high today), its
227 m side and 2,521,000 cubic meters of stone. The sides of the
pyramid were covered with lime-sanded plates. It was built by the
pharaoh Khufu of the 4th Dynasty, around 2560 BC. to serve as his
grave..
IV. The Statue of Zeus in
Olympia
Suspended gardens of Semiramida

or, more correctly, Babylon
Suspended Gardens, were built by
King Nebuchadnezzar II (605-562
BC) for one of his wives, Amytis
(Amuhea). They were in antiquity
among the Seven Wonders of the
ancient world. After an old legend,
they would have been much older:
they would have been built by
King Ninus founder of the cities of
Nineveh and Babylon for his wife
Semiramida (Semiramis).
According to the historian Diodorus of Sicily, the vast gardens
occupy an area of 15,000 m² and rise to four terraces up to 77 feet tall.
Several species of trees were planted on the terraces, some of them
twenty feet tall. They were drenched by cylindrical pumps, whose
secrets are not yet known. Beneath the terraces, supported by several
columns, there were cool chambers for the royal family. According to
some accounts, the famous gardens were demolished by the Persians
during the occupation of Babylon, and the Tower of Babel was also
demolished.
V. Mausoleum of Halicarnas
It was the work of the architects

Pytheos and Satyros and sculptors
Scopas and Timothy. The
mausoleum is named after the
Mausol governor, who was the
governor of the Hellenistic
province of Caria (377-353). This
architectural monument was
considered one of the seven
wonders of the ancient world.
The region, strategically important for Middle East navigation, has
often been the scene of military conflicts. In 556 BC, King of Persia,
Cyrus II conquered this area, which offered direct access to the sea.
Its empire extends eastward to the Indus River, north to the shores of
the Black Sea and south to the Indian Ocean.
VI. The colossus of Rhodes
The Colossus of Rhodes was a huge statue built in antiquity on the island of
Rhodes in Greece, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. The statue
depicted the Greek god of the sun, Helios, and measured between 32 and 36
m. The construction was made in 12 years. According to the newer research,
it would have been roughly the place where the entrance to the Templar
Castle is currently.
Rhodes becomes 408 BC the capital of several united territories and an
important commercial port. The Macedonians are trying to break this
alliance, but the inhabitants of Rhodes are united and resist siege. Chares
of Lindos, a sculptor on this island, was hired to build the statue. The
statue would have guarded the entrance to the port for 56 years. When
the sun rose in the morning, it reflected in the bronze surface and made
the figure of the god shine
VII. The lighthouse of
Alexandria
The Lighthouse of Alexandria, sometimes
called the Pharos of Alexandria , was a
lighthouse built by the Ptolemaic
Kingdom(280–247 BC). The Lighthouse
has been estimated to be 100 metres (330
ft) in overall height.One of the Seven
Wonders of the Ancient World, for many
centuries it was one of the tallest man-
made structures in the world. Badly
damaged by three earthquakes between
AD 956 and 1323, it then became an
abandoned ruin.
It was the third longest surviving ancient wonder (after the Mausoleum
at Halicarnassus and the extant Great Pyramid of Giza), surviving in
part until 1480, when the last of its remnant stones were used to build
the Citadel of Qaitbay on the site. In 1994, French archaeologists
discovered some remains of the lighthouse on the floor of Alexandria's
Eastern Harbour. In 2016 the Ministry of State of Antiquities in Egypt
had plans to turn submerged ruins of ancient Alexandria, including
those of the Pharos, into an underwater museum.
PROJECT CREATED BY:
-VOINEA FABIAN
-MARINCA CESAR
-BURLACU PATRIC
-MATES DENIS

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