SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD
MAP OF THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD
EGYPTIAN PYRAMIDS
First Wonder of the World - the Great Pyramid. Received its name after its founder Pharaoh Cheops (about 2551-2528 BC). Her height - 146.6 m, the base area of 230 mx 230 m
HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON
These famous gardens of Babylon were built by order of King Nebuchadnezzar for his beloved wife. They were placed on a four-storey tower. Fabulously beautiful they were. Their aroma, shade and coolness in the treeless Babylonia people seemed unusual miracle.
STATUE OF OLYMPIAN ZEUS
Statue of Zeus by Phidias in Celle temple at Olympia is one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Twelve-figure entirely trimmed with gold and ivory throne made of ivory.
TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS
Artemis at Ephesus worshiped as the goddess of hunting.
Sanctuary of Artemis was the main attraction of ancient Ephesus in ancient temple .After fire was rebuilt and became even more beautiful. Inside the temple, there was a 15-meter statue of Artemis. Temple was also the most famous museum: collection of paintings and sculptures.
MAUSOLEUM OF HALICARNASSUS
The whole world was famous for its magnificence tomb of King Mausolus which stood about 1,800 years. This building is 49 meters high and has resisted during campaigns Alexander the Great, and other wars, and earthquakes. Carian statue of King Mausolus height 3.05 m was found among the ruins of the mausoleum. Now in the British Museum in London
THE COLOSSUS OF RHODES
By the end of IV century BC in ancient Greece on o.Rodos was built a giant statue of the sun god Helios, a height of 35 meters. Its construction was carried out on 12 years. Vest extraordinary building quickly spread throughout the Greek world, but the Rhodians long prided statue. After 56 years the statue was destroyed during the earthquake.
LIGHTHOUSE OF ALEXANDRIA
The lighthouse was built on a cliff about. Pharos near the Egyptian coast and amazed everyone with its size ... It was a three-storey tower, a height of about 120 meters.Na lighthouse dome was a huge bronze statue of the sea god Poseidon height of 7 m lighthouse lights the way to the harbor and was a fortress.
Of these works of art and architecture, preserved only the Pyramid of Cheops