7 WONDERS

THE GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA

FACTS

• The oldest of the 7 wonders
• Was 481 feet tall (it is currently 25 feet less tall)
• It took around 20 years to build
• Scholars are unsure who built it, whether it was slave labor, or if Egyptians themselves length their effort
• Constructed in 2580-2560 BCE
• Built in Al Haram, Giza Governorate, Egypt, Africa

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IMPORTANCE

• Largest of the three pyramids at Giza
• Only surviving structure of the 7 wonders
• Built for Pharaoh Khufu (or Cheops)

HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON

FACTS

• The gardens are the only one out of the 7 wonders that might not have existed.
• If the gardens existed they are the second oldest of the 7 wonders.
• In the hanging gardens the plants didn't actually hang.
• Built around Mahaweel, Iraq, Asia
• If the gardens did indeed exist, they were destroyed sometime after the first century.
• Possibly built in 600 BCE

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IMPORTANCE

• To make Queen Amytis happy, because she was homesick.
• Possibly built by King Nebuchadnezzar ll

STATUE OF ZUES AT OLYMPIA

FACTS

• Was about 43 feet tall
• Made by the Greek sculptor Phidias
• Made around 435 BCE
• In Olympia,Greece,Europe
• Lost and destroyed during the fifth century
• The statue was also damaged by a earthquake in 170 BCE, but was fixed
• The statue was destroyed one more time by fire,but was not fixed

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IMPORTANCE

• To honor the greatest Greek god Zeus

TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS AT EPHESUS

FACTS

• Also known as the temple of Diana
• Artemis was an Olympian God, daughter of Zeus and Leto
• Twin sister to Appollo
• First temple was built around 800 BCE
• It has been destroyed 3 times and rebuilt twice
• Built in Ephesus, but now days would be where we consider Selcuk, Turkey,

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IMPORTANCE

• Built to honor Artemis

MAUSOLEUM AT HALICARNASSUS

FACTS

• Halicarnassus, Achamenid Empire, Asia
• The structure was designed by the Greek architects Satyros and Pythius of Priene
• The mausoleum was approximately 148 ft in height, and the 4 sides were adorned with sculptural reliefs, each created by one of the Greek sculptors- Leochares, Bryaxis, Scopas of Paros, and Timotheus.
• It was destroyed by successive earthquakes from the 12th to the 15th century

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IMPORTANCE

• Tomb built between 353 and 350 BCE, built for Mausolus, a local ruler in the Persian Empire, and his wife-sister Artemisia ll of Caria

COLOSSUS OF RHODES

FACTS

• Was a statue of the Greek Titan-God of the sun Helios, erected in the city of Rhodes, on the Greek island with the same name
• Built by Chares of Lindos in 280 BCE
• Destroyed in 226 by an earthquake
• Before it was destroyed it stood over 98 feet tall
• Rhodes, Greece, Europe

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IMPORTANCE

• Constructed to celebrate Rhodes, for his victory over the ruler Cyprus

LIGHTHOUSE OF ALEXANDRIA

FACTS

• Sometimes called Pharos of Alexandria
• It was a lighthouse built by the the Ptolemaic Kingdom between 280 and 247 BCE
• It was between 393 and 450 feet tall
• Badly damaged by 3 earthquakes between 956 and 1323 CE
• The ministry of state antiquities in Egypt has planned, as of late 2015, to turn submerge-red ruins of ancient Alexandria, into an underwater museum.

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IMPORTANCE

• Built for Sostratus of Cnidus
• Built in Alexandria, Egypt, Africa
• Named after the town Alexandria