The
historian Herodotus (484 BC–ca.
425 BC), and the scholar Callimachus
of Cyrene (ca 305–240 BC)
at the Museum of Alexandria, made
early lists of Seven wonders but
their writings have not survived,
except as references. The seven
wonders included:
Great
Pyramid of Giza-
The Great Pyramid of Giza
(also called the Khufu's Pyramid,
Pyramid of Khufu, and Pyramid
of Cheops) is the oldest and
largest of the three pyramids
in the Giza Necropolis bordering
what is now Cairo, Egypt, and
is the only remaining member
of the Seven Wonders of the
Ancient World
Hanging
Gardens of Babylon-
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon,
also known as the Hanging Gardens
of Semiramis, near present-day
Al Hillah, Babil in Iraq, is
considered one of the original
Seven Wonders of the World.
Statue
of Zeus at Olympia-
The Statue of Zeus at Olympia
was one of the Seven Wonders
of the Ancient World. It was
made by the Greek sculptor of
the Classical period, Phidias,
circa 432 BC on the site where
it was erected in the temple
of Zeus, Olympia, Greece.
Temple
of Artemis at Ephesus-
The Temple of Artemis, also
known less precisely as Temple
of Diana, was a Greek temple
dedicated to Artemis completed—
in its most famous phase—
around 550 BC at Ephesus (in
present-day Turkey) under the
Achaemenid dynasty of the Persian
Empire.
Mausoleum
of Maussollos at Halicarnassus-
The Tomb of Mausolus, Mausoleum
of Mausolus or Mausoleum at
Halicarnassus was a tomb built
between 353 and 350 BC at Halicarnassus
(present Bodrum, Turkey) for
Mausolus, a satrap in the Persian
Empire, and Artemisia II of
Caria, his wife and sister.
Colossus
of Rhodes-The
Colossus of Rhodes was a statue
of the Greek god Helios, erected
on the Greek island of Rhodes
by Chares of Lindos between
292 and 280 BC. Rhodes is an
island situated in the eastern
Aegean Sea. It lies approximately
11 miles (18 kilometers) west
of Turkey's shores, situated
between the Greek mainland and
the island of Cyprus. The citizens
of its capital, also called
Rhodes, built the Colossus as
a victory monument after resisting
a military invasion
Lighthouse
of Alexandria-
The Lighthouse
of Alexandria (or The Pharos
of Alexandria, was a tower built
in the 3rd century BC (between
285 and 247 BC) on the island
of Pharos in Alexandria, Egypt
to serve as that port's landmark,
and later, its lighthouse.
