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PYRAMID OF GIZA
The pyramid of Giza is a kings tomb that is originated in Egypt in honor for the kings. It is a triangular shaped building and considered as one of the world’s famous toursite.

Pyramid of Giza is found in Egypt. Out of the Three pyramids of egypt the Pyramid of Giza is the Oldest and Biggest. It is considered as the Tallest man made structure in the world for years. It is covered by Glacing stones. Some says that it was created by moving huge stones from a quarry and dragging and lifting them into place.. For me i think i take a thousand of years to finish that, According to the travelers, it has many chambers.

The Queen Chamber, the King chamber and the unfinished chamber. SOme says that the unfished chambers is unfinished because king khufu have died already. That's why the slaves have stopped working in building these chambers. if you want to go to chamber, tourist says that Eqyptian guards are guarding these chambers.

They say that at the bottom of the chamber lies the coffin of the Pharaoh Khufu and above his chamber lies his wife. Some says that visitors are not allowed to go to these chambers, that's why i dont know if khufu's coffin is really there. Based on the Egypt's history. King Khufu is one of the cruel and ruthless pharaoh in the history. The proof is the pyramid, because slaves are the one who maybe created it.

According to the Construction Theory Slave labour was used but modern Egyptologists accept that it was built by many tens of thousands of skilled workers. They camped near the pyramids and worked for a salary or as a form of paying taxes until the construction was completed. One of the mysteries is that how did they plan the construction. Because architecture is not being discovered yet at that time.



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Colussus of Rhodes

One of the ancients 7 wonders of the world is the “Colossus of Rhodes.” From its building to its destruction is almost about 56 years. The Colossus of Rhodes was not only a gigantic structure yet it is a symbol of unity of the people who inhabited that beautiful Mediterranean island, Rhodes.

They build the Colossus of Rhodes at the entrance of the Mediterranean island of Rhodes in Greece. It said that the Rhodes gain their unity to other country, to celebrate their unity they sell their military equipments and their gold’s to build a wonderful statue to offer to their Greek god, Helios, which is known to be the sun god.

The construction took 12 years and said to be finish in 282 BC but unfortunately after the statue had been build they came a strong earthquake that cause tragedy to the Rhodes.The city was badly damage and said that the colossus was broken at its weakest point, its knee.

It has been long believe that the Colossus of Rhodes stood in front of one of the harbor in one of the many cities in Rhodes. Besides, the fallen of the colossus would have blocked the entrance of the harbor.

Although we don’t know the true appearance of the statue and although it disappear in its existence, because of the ancient world wonders or normally called 7 wonders of the world the Colossus of Rhodes become popular around the world and because of it, they inspired many and modern artist such as the French sculptor, Auguste Bartholdi. His best known sculpture inspired by the Colossus of Rhode is the Statue of Liberty.

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Temple of Artemis
This is temple is also known as the "Temple of Diana" it was a greek temple dedicated & made for Artemis. Artemis was a greek goddess, the virginial huntress & twin of apollo. This temple is one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world but only foundations and sculptural fragments were found at the remains of the temple.
What's more suprising is the temple was build during the bronze age looking on how old it is the temple was made with marble except for the roof. According to Pliny he described the temple as housed of many fine works. It's height is 377 ft(155 meters) long and 180 ft (55 meters) wide.

The temple also have paintings and gilded columns of gold and silver making it attractive and elegant. It was said that during the early ages it draws merchants because it is located at an economically robust region. The temple of Artemis became a tourist attraction during the early ages merchants, kings and sightseers where there to see the beautiful site of the temple.

Looking at the situation at the past this temple became an attraction to everyone because it is mostly visited by people. By just thinking about it you could imagine how beautiful this temple would be. But according to what I have research it was destroyed on July 21.

Many resarchers were interested and try to find the site if the temple and after 60 years of searching they successfully rediscovered it in 1869 by an expedetion lead by a British Museum because of that, John Turtle the one who led the searching of the temple found fragments, sculpture of the rebuilding of the temple. Today this temple can be seen at a modern port 50km south of city of Izmir in Turkey and is marked by a single column that was discovered on site.

It make us wonder how great the people during the early ages. They make structures such as the Temple of Artemis that attracted thousands of merchants and worshippers from far off land.

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Lighthouse of Alexandria

The lighthouse of Alexandria is an ancient structure, now collapsed, that was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The lighthouse, with a height between 115 and 150 m (380 and 490 ft), was located on the island of Pharos in Alexandria, Egypt, the country's largest port in antiquity.
The lighthouse of Alexandria was constructed between 285 and 247 BC by Ptolemy I Soter, a general and possible half-brother of Great. When Alexander died prematurely, Ptolemy was one of his generals that grabbed a part of his former territory -- in his case, Egypt.
The lighthouse of Alexandria was constructed shortly after Ptolemy declared himself king of Egypt. According to legend, Sostratus of Cnidus, the architect of the lighthouse, was forbidden by Ptolemy to put his name anywhere on it, as Ptolemy, being a newly minted king, wanted all the glory to himself.
After the construction of the building, it seemed that Sostratus had obeyed Ptolemy, but centuries later, it was revealed that Sostratus did indeed sign the building, only he covered up his inscription with plaster. Only after centuries of age did the plaster fall off.

Not just a tower, the lighthouse of Alexandria was a thick building that tapered into a tower near the top. It was built in three sections, a tall rectangular main section with a circular tower section above it, topped by a columned apex with a continuously burning flame. The Egyptian coast, being very flat and devoid of features, needed a landmark to help with navigation, and that is the purpose that the lighthouse served for over a thousand years, until it finally collapsed in the 14th century after a series of earthquakes. Due to its height, many scholars believe the lighthouse of Alexandria was the third tallest building in the world, after the Great Pyramid of Giza, for its entire lifetime.

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Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Some stories indicate the Hanging Gardens towered hundreds of feet into the air, but archaeological explorations indicate a more modest, but still impressive, height.

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, also known as the Hanging Gardens of Semiramis, near present-day Al Hillah, Babil in Iraq, are considered to be one of the original Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. They were built by the Chaldean king Nebuchadnezzar II around 600 BC. He is reported to have constructed the gardens to please his sick wife, Amytis of Media, who longed for the trees and fragrant plants of her homeland Persia.The gardens were destroyed by several earthquakes after the 2nd century BC.

The lush Hanging Gardens are extensively documented by Greek historians such as Strabo and Diodorus Siculus. Through the ages, the location may have been confused with gardens that existed at Nimrud, since tablets from there clearly show gardens. Writings on these tablets describe the possible use of something similar to an Archimedes screw as a process of raising the water to the required height.Nebuchadnezzar II also used massive slabs of stone, which was unheard of in Babylon, to prevent the water from eroding the ground.

"Babylon, too, lies in a plain; and the circuit of its wall is three hundred and eighty-five stadia. The thickness of its wall is thirty-two feet; the height thereof between the towers is fifty cubits; that of the towers is sixty cubits; the passage on top of the wall is such that four-horse chariots can easily pass one another; and it is on this account that this and the hanging garden are called one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The garden is quadrangular in shape, and each side is four plethra in length.

It consists of arched vaults, which are situated, one after another, on checkered, cube-like foundations. The checkered foundations, which are hollowed out, are covered so deep with earth that they admit of the largest of trees, having been constructed of baked brick and asphalt - the foundations themselves and the vaults and the arches. The ascent to the uppermost terrace-roofs is made by a stairway; and alongside these stairs there were screws, through which the water was continually conducted up into the garden from the Euphrates by those appointed for this purpose. For the river, a stadium in width, flows through the middle of the city; and the garden is on the bank of the river.

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Mausoleum Of Halicarnassus

Mausoleum, large sepulchral monument containing a chamber in which funeral urns or coffins are deposited. The name is derived from the tomb erected at Halicarnassus to King Mausolus of Caria flourished about 376-353 BC by his widow, Artemisia. It was considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
By 377 B.C the city of Halicarnassus was the capitol of a small kingdom along the Mediterranean coast of Asia Minor. It was in that year the ruler of this land, Hecatomnus of Mylasa, died and left control of the kingdom to his son Mausolus. Hecatomnus, a local satrap to the Persians, had been ambitious and ha d taken control of several of the neighbouring cities and districts. Mausolus in his time, extended the territory even further so that it finally included most of southwestern Asia Minor.
Mausolus with his queen Artemisia they ruled over Halicarnassus and the surrounding territory for 24 years. Mausolus, he was descended from the local people, spoke Greek and admired the Greek way of life and government. He founded many cities of Greek design along the coast and encouraged Greek democratic traditions.
Then in 353 B.C. Mausolus died, leaving his queen Artemisia, who was also his sister broken-hearted. As a tribute to him, she decided to build him the most splendid tomb in the known world. It became a structure so famous that Mausolus's name is now associated with all stately tombs through our modern word mausoleum. The building was also so beautiful and unique it became one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Today these works of art stand in the Mausoleum Room at the British Museum. There the images of Mausolus and his queen forever watch over the few broken remains of the beautiful tomb she built for him.

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Statue of Zeus
The statue of Zeus in Olympia is a statue that is covered with many golden ornaments. It is considered as one of the greek Gods.

The Statue of Zeus at Olympia was made by the Greek sculptor Phidias, circa 432 BC on the site where it was erected in the Temple of Zeus, Olympia, Greece. It was considered to be one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. For six hundred years after the death of the sculptor, people from all over the civilised world travelled to view it as it was thought to be a misfortune to die without seeing this work.

BASSold text The seated statue, some 12 meters (39 feet) tall, occupied the whole width of the aisle of the temple built to house it. "It seems that if Zeus were to stand up," the geographer Strabo noted early in the first century BC, "he would unroof the temple". The Zeus was a chryselephantine sculpture, made of ivory and gold-plated bronze. No copy in marble or bronze, has survived, though there are recognizable but approximate versions on coins of nearby Elis and on Roman coins and engraved gems.

A very detailed description of the sculpture and its throne was recorded by the traveler Pausanias, in the second century AD. The sculpture was wreathed with shoots of olive worked in gold and seated on a magnificent throne of cedarwood, inlaid with ivory, gold, ebony and precious stones.

In Zeus' right hand there was a small statue of crowned Nike, goddess of victory, also chryselephantine, and in his left hand, a sceptre inlaid with gold, on which an eagle perched.Plutarch, in his Life of the Roman general Aemilius Paulus, records that the victor over Macedon, when he beheld the statue, “was moved to his soul, as if he had seen the god in person,” while the first century AD Greek orator Dio Chrysostom declared that a single glimpse of the statue would make a man forget all his earthly troubles.

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