The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

 

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

 

The people of the civilizations that emerged in the world thousands of years ago, as well as the people of today, were eager to make new discoveries and constantly strived for it. They did their best to make the monuments as unique as possible. They bear fruit, and experts say that some of them are difficult to build even with current technology. In this article we intend to bring to you some of the best of them, the 'Seven Old Wonders'.

 

The Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt

 Located north of the current capital of Egypt, Cairo, on the west bank of the Nile River, the Pyramids of Giza are the only surviving surviving of the seven ancient wonders. There are 3 pyramids here, built between 2700-2500 BC. The largest of these pyramids, 'Khufu', covers an area of ​​13 acres and is made up of 2 million blocks of stone weighing several tons. This is the tallest man-made structure until the 19th century AD.

The tombs of the ancient pharaohs' tombs are remarkably symmetrical, built in an age of no high technology or machinery. These contained the royal mummy as well as their belongings.

The Lighthouse of Alexandria, Egypt

 The lighthouse, located on the Faroe Islands, a small island in Alexandria, Egypt, is thought to have been designed by the Greek architect Sostratus. It was completed in 270 BC, during the reign of King Ptolemy II. Designed to guide ships and boats sailing on the Nile, it has also been instrumental in identifying ships arriving at the port of Alexandria.

The lighthouse is divided into three parts, the lower part being square, the middle part being octagonal (having a total of 8) and the upper part being cylindrical. Above it was a 16-foot statue, believed to have belonged to Ptolemy II or Alexander the Great. It had a total elevation of about 380 feet and was completely destroyed after several earthquakes between 956 and 1323 AD. And then completely destroyed.

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 The Colossus of Rhodes

A huge statue of the Greek sun god Helios is located on the island of Rhodes, Greece, in front of the port of Rhodes. It was built in 280 BC. However, this has only been around for a short period of 54 years and has been destroyed by an earthquake. It was 30 meters high and was made of iron and bronze and had a marble base.

 

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The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Of the 7 ancient wonders, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon is considered to be the only structure whose location has not yet been properly identified. Some believe this is purely fiction.

The Hanging Gardens of Babylonia is believed to have been built by King Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylonia around 600 BC. This is considered to be a collection of several multi-story parks, believed to have been located in central Babylonia or present-day Iraq.

The specialty of the hanging garden is that it is 'hanging' about 75 feet above the ground of the garden which is believed to have been built there. If that is true, it would be amazing how water could have been supplied without the current technology. Assuming this to be true, scholars say that the Babylonians knew how to pump water upward by some method. They also believe that it may have been completely destroyed by the 1st century AD.

 

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The Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Greece

 

The statue, believed to have been made by Phidias, a Greek sculptor of ancient times, is housed in the ancient Temple of Zeus in Olympia, Greece. This was built in the 5th century BC. Yahmin used ivory and gold to decorate this 40-foot-tall statue. It is said that the head of the statue was not painted on the roof of the church.

The statue of Zeus at Olympia has been preserved for about 8 centuries and was taken to Constantinople in the 4th century AD. It was destroyed by a fire in 462 AD.

 

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The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus

 

The Temple of the Goddess Artemis is one of the Seven Ancient Wonders of Ephesus, a coastal town in ancient Greece, now part of Turkey. In fact, several temples to the goddess Artemis have been erected on the site. One of the finest of these is the marble temple built between 550-350 BC. Many of the greatest artists of the ancient world contributed to its construction. It was destroyed in 356 BC.

Six years after the demolition of the old church, construction began on a new one, with a 400-foot-long [30 m] terrace surrounding the temple. The new temple was 60 feet high with 127 marble pillars as well as a statue of the goddess Artemis. This too was destroyed in 262 AD and the ruins were discovered in the modern world in the late 19th century. This place was declared a World Heritage Site in 2014.

The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

 

This tomb, now in southern Turkey or in the former city of Halicarnassus, was built in 353 AD by his wife, Artemisia, in honor of the late King Mosoles.

It is 135 feet high and built almost entirely of marble. It is built in three rectangular floors and follows Greek, Lycian, and Egyptian architectural traditions. All three layers are decorated in different ways. It was destroyed by an earthquake in the 13th century AD, and in 1846 the remains were used to repair another palace.