Wonders of the World (Ancient)

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Colosseum

Also known as the Flavian Amphitheatre, an oval amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy. Built of concrete and sand,[ it is the largest amphitheatre ever built.

(The) Great Pyramid of Giza

Also known as the Pyramid of Khufu or the Pyramid of Cheops) is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza pyramid complex bordering what is now El Giza, Egypt.

Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Built by King Nebuchadnezzar II for his wife, Queen Amytis

(The) Great Pyramid of Giza

The only wonder of the world left standing.

Temple of Artemis at Ephesus.

This is located in Ephesus . One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, it was completely rebuilt three times before its eventual destruction in 401 AD.

Lighthouse of Alexandria

This was a lighthouse built by the Ptolemaic Kingdom between 280 and 247 BC which was between 120 and 137 m tall. One of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world.

Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

This was a tomb built between 353 and 350 BC at Halicarnassus (present Bodrum, Turkey) for Mausolus, a satrap in the Persian Empire, and his sister-wife Artemisia II of Caria. The structure was designed by the Greek architects Satyros and Pythius of Priene.

Statue of Zeus at Olympia

This was made by the Greek sculptor Phidias around 435 BC at the sanctuary of Olympia, Greece

Colossus of Rhodes

was a statue of the Greek titan-god of the sun Helios, erected in the city of Rhodes, on the Greek island of the same name, by Chares of Lindos in 280 BC. One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, it was constructed to celebrate Rhodes' victory over the ruler of Cyprus, Antigonus I Monophthalmus, whose son unsuccessfully besieged Rhodes in 305 BC. According to most contemporary descriptions, the Colossus stood approximately 70 cubits, or 33 metres (108 feet) high—the approximate height of the modern Statue of Liberty from feet to crown—making it the tallest statue of the ancient world.[2] It was destroyed during the earthquake of 226 BC, and never rebuilt.


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