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Seven Wonders of the World Are We There Yet? Seven Wonders of the World Presentation The Seven Wonders of the world in Ancient Era 2 Great Pyramid of Giza ❖ Date of Construction: 2584-2561 BC ❖ Builders: Egyptians ❖ Modern Location: Giza Necropolis, Egypt ❖ It was built for the Pharaoh Khufu ❖ It was the tallest man-made structure in the world for thousands of years until the Lincoln Cathedral ➢ 481 feet tall ❖ It has shrunk about 25 feet due to erosion VIDEO https://youtu.be/TMzouTzim0o 3 Hanging Gardens of Babylon ❖ Date of Construction: 600 BC ❖ Builders: Babylonians/ Assyrians ❖ Modern Location: HIllah or Nineveh Iraq ❖ The gardens were up to 75 feet high and it is thought that the plants tumbled down over a kind of pyramid-shaped stone structure. ❖ Some say they were just a legend. ❖ Although archaeologists have looked, no one has yet found any Video archaeological proof that they really https://youtu.be/DmglKt did exist 4 om7YE Temple of Artemis at Ephesus ❖ Date of Construction: 550 BC and again at 323 BC ❖ Builders: Greeks/ Lydians ❖ Modern Location: Near Selçuk, Turkey ❖ Date of destruction: 356 BC( by Herostratus) and AD 262 (by the Goths) ❖ Some of the columns that were built in Hagia Sophia (a church in Istanbul, Turkey) are thought to have been originally part of the Temple of Artemis Video: ❖ The site where the temple once stood is https://youtu.be/lWbGt now a swamp yxgwbg 5 Statue of Zeus at Olympia ❖ Date of Construction: 435 BC (statue) ❖ Builder: Greeks ❖ Modern Location: Olympia, Greece ❖ Date of destruction:5/6th century AD ❖ It was destroyed by a fire ❖ The statue was constructed with a wooden frame and then was covered in ivory and gold panels. The exposed skin of the statue was ivory and the accessories such as robe, shoes, hair and beard were made from gold. The Video: eyes of the statue were even made https://youtu.be/V0Cg from precious jewels! aFW1_Rw 6 Mausoleum at Halicarnassus ❖ Date of Construction: 351 BC ❖ Builder: Greeks, Persians, Carians ❖ Modern Location: Bodrum, Turkey ❖ Date of destruction: 12/15th century AD ❖ It was destroyed by earthquakes ❖ Famous for its great beauty. It was almost square shaped, over 164 feet (50 meters) high and featured ionic columns (a Greek style of column with spiral scrolls) to hold up a pyramid roof. At the very top, there was a large Video: statue of Mausolus and Artemisia in a https://youtu.be/fQwC chariot pulled by four horses. wcvlp-Y 7 Colossus of Rhodes ❖ Date of Construction: 292-280 BC ❖ Builder: Greeks ❖ Modern Location: Rhodes, Greece ❖ Date of destruction: 226 BC ❖ It was destroyed by earthquakes ❖ The Rhodians also used brass and iron from the equipment left behind to build the statue ❖ The Colossus of Rhodes stood on a 50 foot high white marble pedestal. VIdeo: https://youtu.be/vJnEdUrWNsU 8 Lighthouse of Alexandria ❖ Date of Construction: 280 BC ❖ Builder: Greeks, Ptolemaic, Egyptians ❖ Modern Location: Alexandria, Egypt ❖ Date of destruction: 1303-1480 AD ❖ It was destroyed by earthquakes ❖ A fire was burnt at the top by night, helping ships to safely enter the port, while a mirror was used by day to reflect the sunlight ❖ Ruins of the Lighthouse of Alexandria have been discovered underwater and the Video: site is to be preserved as a museum of https://youtu.be/jKL7s- ancient Alexandria and its lighthouse. ZvAbE 9 Seven Wonders of the World in Middle Ages Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa ❖ Date of Construction: 2 AD ❖ Builder: Egyptians ❖ Modern Location: Alexandria, Egypt ❖ It translate to Mound of Shards ❖ The Catacombs were built using ancient world ‘rock-cut technology'. The tombs were initially unneled into the bedrock. The three levels of the Catacombs were cut through solid rock ❖ The Catacombs reach 100 feet down into the ground into solid rock. Video: https://youtu.be/hlObv EJNq5A 11 Colosseum ❖ Date of Construction: 72-80 AD ❖ Builder: Romans ❖ Modern Location: Rome, Italy ❖ The Colosseum is the largest amphitheater in the world! Oval in shape, it measures 189m long, 156m wide and 50m high ❖ Below the Colosseum were numerous rooms and underground passages. Here is where the animals and gladiators were kept, waiting to meet their fate in the arena above. There were also 36 trap doors in the Video: arena for special effects https://youtu.be/U6oPf mJcU8s 12 Great Wall of China ❖ Date of Construction: 7th century ❖ Builder: Chinese ❖ Modern Location: Huairou District, China ❖ The total length is 13,170.70 miles making it the longest feature of human engineering ❖ Location: It spans across 15 regions in north China: Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, and Xinjiang. ❖ today’s wall comprises relics from the Ming Video: Dynasty (1368 - 1644) https://youtu.be/23oHq NEqRyo 13 Hagia Sophia ❖ Date of Construction: 537 CE ❖ Builder: Turkish ❖ Modern Location: Istanbul, Turkey ❖ The building was a mosque from 29 May 1453 until 1931 ❖ Famous in particular for its massive dome, it is considered the epitome of Byzantine architecture and is said to have “changed the history of architecture“ ❖ It remained the world’s largest cathedral for nearly a thousand years, until the Seville Video: Cathedral was completed in 1520. https://youtu.be/KRPp3 14 jzv1Tw Leaning Tower of Pisa ❖ Date of Construction: 1173 ❖ Builder: Italians ❖ Modern Location: Pisa, Italy ❖ The tower is 8 stories high, 55.86 m (183.27 ft) on the low side and 56.67 m (185.93 ft) on the high side ❖ Originally the tower leaned at an angle of 5.5 degrees. After restoration work between 1990 and 2001 this angle was reduced to 3.97 degrees. ❖ There are 294 steps on the north side of the Video: tower and 296 steps on the south side https://youtu.be/XZ-r8a 15 9C4fE Porcelain Tower of Nanjing ❖ Date of Construction: 15th century ❖ Builder: Chinese ❖ Modern Location: Jiangsu, China ❖ The building stood at nine stories high and the staircase inside comprised of 184 steps – that is a lot ❖ During the day, the sun reflected off the white porcelain bricks and this actually helped the tower to stay cool ❖ The outside of the building was the greatest attraction. The top of the tower Video: had a beautiful golden sphere and some https://youtu.be/dazue described it as looking similar to a BBPAQY pineapple 16 Stonehenge ❖ Date of Construction: 3000 BC ❖ Builder: Druids ❖ Modern Location: Wiltshire, England ❖ The average Stonehenge sarsen weighs 25 tons ❖ The five Neolithic Houses are based on real dwellings ❖ There are about 115 prehistoric axe-head carvings on the stones ❖ The first excavations were carried out at Stonehenge in 1620 Video: https://youtu.be/BTwu KCqFwJY 17 Citations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonders_of_the_World https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Wonders_of_the_Ancien t_World 18.
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