Friday 27 January 2017

WORLD'S Seven (7) Classic Wonder, The Pyramids of Giza, Babylon's Hanging Gardens, statue of Zeus in Olympia, temples of Artemision, The tombs of Halicarnassus, Mausolus tombs, The giant of the island of Rhodes, The lighthouse of Alexandria,

WORLD'S Seven (7) Classic Wonder


1. The Pyramids of Giza

The Pyramids of Giza (also known as the Pyramids of Cheops or the Pyramids of Cheops) are the oldest and largest of the three pyramids on the complex border of the Giza pyramids, which is now Egypt's Giza, Egypt. It is the ancient world of the seven wonders of the oldest and only one is basically intact.


According to a work-named gang in the interior chamber and referred to the fourth dynasty Egyptian Pharaoh Khufu, Egyptian scholars believe that the pyramids were built into a tomb between 10 and 20 years, ending in 2560 BC. Originally at 146.5 meters (481 feet), the Great Pyramid was the tallest man-made structure in the world for more than 3,800 years. Initially, the Great Pyramid was covered by shell stone to form a smooth outer surface; today to see the bottom of the core structure. Some of the casing stones that cover the structure can still be seen around the base. On the construction of the Great Pyramid, there are different scientific and alternative theory. The most accepted architectural assumptions are based on the idea that it is by moving stones from the quarry, dragging them and lifting them in place.

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2. Babylon's Hanging Gardens

Babylon's Hanging Gardens, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, is the only one whose location has yet to be established.


The hanging garden is described as a great engineering feat: an ascending series of layered gardens, containing a variety of trees, shrubs and vines. It is said that the garden looks like a big green hill built by mud brick.

Traditionally, they are said to have been built in the ancient city of Babylon, near Hillah in the present-day Babil province of Iraq. Babylonian priest Berossus, written in 290 BC, was later cited by Joseph, who attributed the garden to Nebuchadnezzar II, the neo-Babylonian king, who ruled from 605 BC to 562 BC. Without mentioning the garden of the Babylonian texts, Babylon has no definite archaeological evidence.

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3.statue of Zeus in Olympia

The statue of Zeus in Olympia is a huge sitting figure, about 13 meters (43 feet) high, made by the Greek sculptor Phidias around 435 BC in the Greek Olympian Sanctuary and built there in the Temple of Zeus. Ivory plate and gold panel sculpture in a wooden frame, it represents the god Zeus sitting on an elaborate cedar wood seat throne decorated with ebony, ivory, gold and precious stones. 


One of the seven wonders of the ancient world, which was lost and destroyed in the 5th century AD, did not find any copies, the details of its form only known from ancient Greek descriptions and coins on the expression.

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4. temples of Artemision

Artemis or the temples of Artemision are also less precisely called the Temple of Diana, the Greek temple dedicated to the goddess Artemis. It is located in Ephesus (near the modern town of Selçuk in modern Turkey). One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, it was completely rebuilt three times, in its final destruction at 401 AD. Only the latest temples are based and the sculptures are still at the scene.


The first sanctuary (temenos) has left the Ion for many years, and dates back to the Bronze Age. Callimachus, in his hymn to Artemis, attributed the Amazon. In the 7th century BC, the temple was destroyed by floods. Its reconstruction began around 550 BC, at the cost of the Crete architect Cher Rainbow and his son Metagenes, at Kreisi's Lydia: the project took 10 years to complete. The temple was destroyed by arson in 356 BC and rebuilt again, this time as a miracle.

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5.The tombs of Halicarnassus

The tombs of Halicarnassus or Mausolus tombs were built in 353 BC and 350 BC in Halicarnassus (current Bodrum, Turkey) in Mausolus, the satrap in the Persian Empire and his sister wife Artemis II Caria. Structure Priene designed by the Greek architects Satyros and Pythius.

The tombs are about 45 meters (148 feet) high and are carved with reliefs. Each sculpture is created by one of the four Greek sculptors - Leochares, Bryaxis, Scopas of Paros and Timotheus. The completion of the tomb structure is considered an aesthetic victory, Sidon's Antipater identified it as one of the seven wonders of his ancient world. It was devastated by successive earthquakes from the 12th to the 15th centuries, and finally survived six destroyed wonders.

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6.The giant of the island of Rhodes

The giant of the island of Rhodes was a statue of the Greek giant of the Greek giants, Rhodes, on the Greek island, founded in 280 BC by the Chares of Lindos. One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, it was built to celebrate Rhode Island over the ruler of Cyprus, Antigonus I Monophthalmus, whose son unsuccessfully sieved Rhodes in 305 BC. According to most contemporary descriptions, the Giants stood about 70 cubic meters, or 33 meters (108 feet) high - the modern Statue of Liberty from the foot to the crown of the approximate height, making it the highest statue of the ancient world. It was destroyed during the earthquake of 226 BC and has never been rebuilt.

As of 2015, there are plans to build a new giant in the Port of Rhode Island, although the original physical location is still controversial

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7.The lighthouse of Alexandria

The lighthouse of Alexandria, sometimes known as the Pharos of Alexandria, is a lighthouse built by the Ptolemaic kingdom between 280 and 247 BC, between 120 and 137 m (394 and 449 ft). One of the seven wonders of the ancient world, it is one of the world's tallest man-made structures and is one of the world's many centuries. Seriously damaged by three earthquakes between AD 956 and 1323, it then became an abandoned ruin. This is the third longest surviving ancient wonder (in the Halicarnassus Mausoleum and the existing pyramids of Giza) until 1480 when its remaining stones were used to build Qaitbay Castle on the site. 

In 1994, French archaeologists found some lighthouse relics on the floor of the Eastern Harbor of Alexandria. By the end of 2015, the Egyptian Antiquities Ministry plans to subvert the ancient sites of Alexandria, including the ruins of Pharos, an underwater museum.
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