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ORIGINAL SEVEN
WONDERS OF THE WORLD
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The Great Pyramid of Giza
 From the original seven wonders of the world, the
Great Pyramid of Giza is the only one still standing.
It is also known as the pyramid of Khufu or the
pyramid of Cheops. It was constructed around the
year 2560 BC and is said to have been built as the
tomb of King Khufu. There are three known
chambers deep inside the pyramid, the upper two
being the king and queen's chambers. It took over
20 years to construct and remained the highest
manmade structure for over 3500 years (146.6
meters). The total mass of the pyramid is estimated
to be close to 6 million tons and if it took 20 years to
construct, it would mean moving 250 tons of
limestone a day.

Hanging Gardens of Babylon
 Among the original seven wonders of the world, the
Hanging Gardens of Babylon have captured our
imagination for several centuries. Though there is
some controversy about the actual site of these
gardens, many believe that they were located at the
present-day Al Hilla, Babil in Iraq. The existence of
the lush Hanging Gardens was documented by
Strabo and Diodorus Siculus, the famed Greek
historians. They were built around the year 600 BC
by King Nebuchadnezzar II to please his sick Persian
wife who longed for the fragrant plants and trees of
her homeland. According to Diodorus the historian, it
was a terraced garden in several tiers and each
garden plot was 100x100 feet and as these terraces

The Statue of Zeus at
Olympia
 The statue of the Greek god Zeus was 39 feet tall
and depicted the Greek god in a sitting position. The
statue was housed in the temple of Zeus and for
many centuries people from all over the civilized
world visited Olympia to see the statue. The statue
was sculptured by the renowned Greek sculptor
Pheidias around the year 432 BC. The statue was
made of bronze with inlay ivory work and plated with
gold, ebony, precious stones and occupied the entire
width of the temple. A very detailed description of
the statue and its throne was recorded by the
traveler Pausanias in the second century. As per his
description, the sculpture depicted the Greek god
Zeus holding a small statue of Nike, the goddess of
Victory in his right hand and a scepter inlaid with

Temple of Artemis
 The temple was constructed in Ephesus which is
about 50 kilometers south of the present port city of
Izmir in Turkey, around the year 550 BC. Also known
as the temple of Diana, it was a Greek temple
dedicated to Artemis, the Greek Goddess who was
venerated with great passion. It is said that
earlier, another temple stood at the same site around
800 BC but was destroyed by floods and in its place
the new temple began to be built around 550 BC.
Except for the roof, the new temple was built of
white marble. The roof stood on huge marble pillars
to make a wide ceremonial passage. At present, only
the foundations and fragments of the temple remain.
The construction was supervised by an architect
named Chersiphron and his son Metagenes.

Mausoleum of Mausolus
 Mausolus was a wealthy king of a small kingdom
which had its capitol at Halicarnussus. Fond of
grandeur, he along with his wife Artemisia started
building his capitol city with the help of the best
architects and sculptors from Greece. They spent
large sums of the state taxes to commission
statues, temples and buildings in sparkling white
marble. In the center of the city, Artemisia planned
to construct a grand tomb as a final resting place for
her husband and herself after their death. The tomb
was built between 353 and 350 BC and was
designed by the Greek architects Satyros and Pythis.
It stood approximately 45 meters high and all four
sides of the mausoleum had intricate sculptured
reliefs by famous Greek sculptors. On top of the
walls of the structure were 36 columns (nine per
side), and standing between each column was a

Lighthouse at Alexandria
 Work on the construction of the lighthouse was
started by Egypt's first Macedonian ruler Ptolemy
and completed by his son in the 3rd Century BC. It
was constructed on the island of Pharos, a small
island off the coast of Alexandria, Egypt. Since the
Egyptian coastline was very flat and devoid of any
prominent landmarks, it was initially constructed as a
landmark showing the location of the harbor to
sailors. Many years later (around the 1st century), it
was converted into a lighthouse by the Romans. The
building was square, about 8.5 meters on each side
and the height was estimated to be between 115 to
135 meters. There are ancient claims that the
lighthouse could be seen as far off as 35 miles by
sailors. It was constructed from large blocks of light
colored stone and rose in three stages: the lower

Colossus of Rhodes
 The Colossus of Rhodes was a statue of the
Greek god Hilios and was constructed on the
Greek island of Rhodes between 292 and 280 by
Chares of Lindos. The statue was approximately
30 meters tall and straddled the harbor
(according to descriptions by many
historians), though ancient accounts differ on
the size, shape and it's very existence. The
statue was mounted on two white marble
pedestals that were each 15 meters high. The
structure was built using iron tie bars and after it
was shaped, brass plates were fixed as the skin
of the statue. It is said that much of the metal
used to construct the statue was from various
weapons left behind by Demetrius's army when
they withdrew after a failed invasion. The statue
stood for only 56 years when Rhodes was hit by
an earthquake in 226 BC. The statue snapped at

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