The Great Pyramid

• It is the oldest of 7 wonders of the ancient world, and the only one to remain largely intact.

• It is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids.

The Colossus of Rhodes

• It inspired the French sculptor, Auguste Bratholdi, to make his famous work, the Statue of Liberty.

• It is believed that it took 900 camels to transport the pieces of the Colossus from Rhodes to Syria.

The Lighthouse of The Lighthouse of AlexandriaAlexandria

• It is the 7th It is the 7th Wonder.Wonder.

• It was the first It was the first that was built for that was built for a practical, safety-a practical, safety-oriented purpose.oriented purpose.

• Supposedly, there Supposedly, there was originally a was originally a statue of Poseidon statue of Poseidon on the summit of on the summit of the building.the building.

The Mausoleum at HalicarnassisThe Mausoleum at Halicarnassis

• Mausoleum was the fifth oldest Wonder.

• It was worked on by 2 architects named Satyros and Pythios, and 4 Greek sculptors named Bryaxis, Leochares, Scopas, and Timotheus.

• It was as high as a modern 14 story building.

The Temple of Artemis• It was the third oldest

Wonder.• Pilgrims, Merchants,

Tourists, Artisans, Peasants and Kings from all over came as visitors to see the splendor and beauty of the Temple; the famous treasure, the Statue of Artemis; to worship and pay homage to Artemis and to add to the overflowing heaps of treasures in the Temple.

• This earliest temple supposedly contained a sacred stone, probably fallen from Jupiter.

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

• It is the second oldest of the Wonders.

• The well system they used was the first and only of its kind in Babylon.

• It contained exotic plants and animals, which were imported from all over the world.

The Statue of Zeus• The Statue of Zeus was

made of ivory, the robe, hair, armor, sandals and other details were made of gold, some glass or semi-precious jewels may have been on the statue and the throne was made of cedar wood and was inlayed with ebony, ivory, gold and jewels.

• It is the smallest of all the Wonders.

• It is the 4th oldest Wonder

tkk• People have only People have only

uncovered a small uncovered a small fraction of the total fraction of the total ‘army’. The entire ‘army’. The entire number of soldiers is number of soldiers is hypothesized to be hypothesized to be around 8,000. That around 8,000. That does not include 130 does not include 130 chariots, 530 horses, chariots, 530 horses, and 150 cavalry and 150 cavalry horses.horses.

• An old Chinese An old Chinese farmer found the farmer found the terracotta army on terracotta army on his farm when he his farm when he tried to dig a well tried to dig a well right through them!right through them!

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