THE SEVEN WONDERS….

1. Great Pyramid of Giza

THIS 7 WONDER OF

THE WORLD IS SPECIAL

BECAUSE IT IS THE

ONLY ONE THAT STILL

EXISTS

Completed around 2560

BCE, the pyramid had a

smooth exterior and

reached a height of 481

feet. Archaeologists say it took as long as 20 years to build the Great Pyramid,

which is thought to have been built to honor the Pharaoh Khufu.

THE FOLLOWING SEVEN WONDERS ARE SKETCHES BECAUSE THESE

WONDERS NO LONGER EXIST

2. Lighthouse of

Alexandria

Built around 280 BCE, the Lighthouse of Alexandria stood around 400 feet tall and

guarded the Egyptian port city, Alexandria. For centuries, it was considered the

tallest building in the world. Time and numerous earthquakes took their toll on the

structure, which gradually fell into ruin. In 1480, materials from the lighthouse

were used to construct a fortress that still stands on Pharos Island.

3. Colossus of Rhodes

This bronze and iron

statue of the sun god

Helios was built in the

Greek city of Rhodes in

280 BCE as a war

monument. Standing

beside the city's

harbor, the statue was

nearly 100 feet tall,

about the same size as

the Statue of Liberty.

It was destroyed in an

earthquake in 226 BCE.

4. Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

Located in southwestern Turkey,

the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

was built around 350 BCE. It was

originally called the Tomb of

Mausolus and was designed for a

Persian ruler and his wife. The

structure was destroyed by a

series of earthquakes between

the 12th and 15th centuries and

was the last of the seven wonders

of the ancient world to be

destroyed.

5. Temple of Artemis at Ephesus

The Temple of Artemis

was located in western

Turkey in honor of the

Greek goddess of hunting.

Historians can't pinpoint

when the temple was first

built on the site but they

do know it was destroyed

by flooding in the 7th

century BCE. A second

temple stood from about

550 BCE to 356 BCE, when

it was burned to the ground. Its replacement, built shortly thereafter, was

destroyed in 268 CE by invading Goths.

6. Statue of Zeus at Olympia Built sometime around 435 BCE

by the sculptor Phidias, this

statue of gold, ivory, and wood

stood over 40 feet tall and

depicted the Greek god Zeus

seated on a cedar throne. The

statue was lost or destroyed

sometime in the 5th century, and

very few historical images of it

exist.

7. Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Not much is known of the

Hanging Gardens of Babylon. It

is believed to have been located

in present-day Iraq. Stories say

that it was built by the

Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar

II around 600 BCE for his wife.

However, archaeologists have

found no substantial evidence to

confirm the gardens ever

existed.