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It´s a presentation about the seven wonders of the Ancient World.
2. The seven wonders are the architectural
and artistic monuments considered as
perfect by the Greeks and the Romans.
Six of the seven wonders of the ancient
world were described by Philon of
Byzance, a II century before Jesus Christ
ingeneer, in a manuscript entitled "Péri
tôn hépta théamatôn" (About the seven
wonders of the world). This manuscript
including six layers only described six
constructions
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3. The seventh, the mausoleum of Halicarnassus,
is only described in the introduction of the
manuscript because the last layer
disappeared.
However, the final list, also called canonical
list, describing the seven wonders of the
ancient world has been adopted after the
reign of Alexander the Great according to
fourteen lists from different authors. 3
5. THE CANONICAL LIST REFERS TO
THE SEVEN FOLLOWING WONDERS:
THE GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA
THE HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON
THE STATUE OF ZEUS AT OLYMPIA
THE TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS AT EPHESUS
THE MAUSOLEUM AT HALICARNASSUS
THE COLOSSUS OF RHODES
THE LIGHTHOUSE OF ALEXANDRIA 5
6. These monuments are located in
Greece, northern Africa and minor
Asia. Their date of construction varies
from 2800 BC for the Pyramid of Giza
to 280 BC for the Lighthouse of
Alexandria.
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Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt
The Great Pyramids, located at Giza on
the west bank of the Nile River north of
Cairo, are the only wonder of the ancient
world that has survived to the present
day. The three pyramids--Khufu (Cheops),
Khafra (Chephren) and Menkaura
(Mycerimus)--were built between 2700
B.C. and 2500 B.C. as royal tombs.
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The largest and most impressive is Khufu,
which covers 13 acres and is believed to
contain more than 2 million stone blocks that
weight from two to 30 tons each.
11. THE STATUE OF ZEUS AT
OLYMPIA
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The statue was one of two
masterpieces by the Greek sculptor
Phidias (the other being the statue of
Athena in the Parthenon) and was
placed in the huge Temple of Zeus at
Olympia in western Greece.
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On his outstretched right hand was a
statue of Nike (Victory), and in the
god's left hand was a sceptre on
which an eagle was perched.
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The statue, which took eight years to
construct, was noted for the divine
majesty and goodness it expressed. The
discovery in the 1950s of the remains
of Phidias' workshop at Olympia
confirmed the statue's date of about
430 BC.
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The temple was destroyed in AD (anno
domini) 426, and the statue, of which
no accurate copies survive, may have
been destroyed then or in a fire at
Constantinople (now Istanbul) about 50
years later.
PART 3
15. THE HANGING GARDENS
OF BABYLON
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The gardens considered one of the Seven
Wonders of the World and thought to be
located near the royal palace in Babylon. By
the beginning of the 21st century, the site of
the Hanging Gardens had not yet been
conclusively established; nevertheless, many
theories persisted regarding the structure
and location of the gardens.
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that is, they were roof gardens laid out on a
series of ziggurat terraces that were
irrigated by pumps from the Euphrates River.
17. THE TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS
AT EPHESUS
• One of the seven wonders of the world.
The great temple was built by Croesus,
king of Lydia, about 550 bce and was
rebuilt after being burned by a madman
named Herostratus in 356 bce. The
Artemesium was famous not only for its
great size (over 350 by 180 feet [about
110 by 55 metres]) but also for the
magnificent works of art that adorned it.
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19. THE MAUSOLEUM AT
HALICARNASSUS
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The monument was the tomb of Mausolus,
the tyrant of Caria in southwestern Asia
Minor, and was built between about 353
and 351 BC by Mausolus' sister and widow,
Artemisia. The architect was Pythius (or
Pytheos), and the sculptures that adorned
the building were the work of four leading
Greek artists: Scopas, Bryaxis, Leochares,
and Timotheus.
21. THE COLOSSUS OF
RHODES
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The Colossus was an enormous bronze
sculpture of the sun god Helios built by
the Rhodians over 12 years in the third
century B.C. The city was the target of a
Macedonian siege early in the fourth
century B.C. and, according to legend,
the Rhodians sold the tools and
equipment left behind by the
Macedonians to pay for the Colossus.
23. LIGHTHOUSE OF
ALEXANDRIA
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he Lighthouse of Alexandria was
located on a small island called Pharos
near the city of Alexandria. Designed
by the Greek architect Sostratos and
completed around 270 B.C. during the
reign of Ptolemy II, the lighthouse
helped to guide Nile River ships in and
out of the city’s busy harbor.
