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SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD
Made by: Fatima Al-
Zahraa Abdullah
Grade:7.A
THE SEVEN WONDERS
1 .The Colossus of Rhodes
2. The Great Pyramid of Giza
3. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
4. The Lighthouse of Alexandria
5. The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
6. The Statue of Zeus at Olympia
7. The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
THE COLOSSUS OF RHODES
It is a huge bronze statue, comparable in size to the Statue of
Liberty, built on the island of Rhodes to commemorate a
military victory. Toppled by an earthquake, its ruins were a
major tourist attraction for nearly 900 years .
THE GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA
The Great Pyramid at Giza (c. 2551—2470 BC), one of
humankind's greatest architectural achievements and the
tallest building in the world for more than four thousand
years.
THE HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON
The Hanging Gardens (c. 810—560 BC), a series of extensive
and ornate landscaped terraces in northern Iraq.
Archaeologists have searched the ruins of Babylon for the
fabled Hanging Gardens for decades, yet have found almost nothing.
THE LIGHTHOUSE OF ALEXANDRIA
The Lighthouse of Alexandria (c. 280 BC), the
largest and most famous lighthouse of the ancient
world, built for a Greek king ruling Egypt. The first
true high-rise building in the history of architecture.
T H E M A U S O L E U M AT H A L I C A R N A SS U S
The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus (c. 352 BC), the
140-foot high monumental tomb of the Anatolian
king Mausolus, completed by his wife—who was also
his sister.
THE STATUE OF ZEUS AT OLYMPIA
The Statue of Zeus at Olympia (c. 430 BC ,) - a forty foot
tall gold and ivory statue that was the most celebrated
. artistic work on mainland Greece The statue presided
over the early Olympic Games.
THE TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS AT EPHESUS
The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus (c. 4th century BC), a
Greek temple famous for its imposing size and magnificent
sculpture, burned down by a madman who wanted to
immortalize his name in the 4th century BC.
FUN FACTS
Of all the Ancient Wonders, the pyramids is the only one
still standing.
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon often listed as the
second wonder, these gardens, which were located south of
Baghdad, Iraq, were supposedly built by Nebuchadnezzar
around 600 B.C. to please his queen, Amuhia.
Colossus at Rhodes was destroyed during an earthquake
in 224 B.C.
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