The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

Birgit Rae10.a

● Seven crowning achievements of sculpture and architecture

● The first list was created by Greek polymath (õpetlane) Aleksandria Museionis

● The later version by Antipater of Sidon

● A poem, cut into the cliff

The Great Pyramid of Giza

● Date of construction: 2584-2561 BC

● Builders: Egyptians● In 1300, The Lincoln

Cathedral (St. Mary's cathedral)

● Date of destruction: still stanging

Hanging Gardens of the Babylon

● Date of construction: 605-562 BC

● Builders: Babylonians● King Nebukadnetsar,

queen Amita● Date and cause of

destruction: after 1st century BC, an earthquake

Statue of Zeus

● Date of construction: 435 BC

● Builders: Greeks● Greek sculptor Phidias● Gold, ivory,

cedarwood (seedripuu)● Bejewelled

(kalliskividega kaunistatud)

● In right hand a small statue of Nike

● Date and cause of destruction: 5th-6th centuries and cause unknown (probably destroyed by fire or an earthquake)

The Statue of Zeus

The Temple of Artemis

● Date of construction: 550 BC● Builders: Persians, Greeks● Burnt in 365 BC by Herostratus ● Rebuilt on the fourth century● In 409, the temple in its last version was finally

destroyed by the Goths (gootid)

The Mausoleum of Mausolus

● Date of construction: 351 BC

● Builders: Persians, Greeks

● The memory of king Mausolus

● Not only a tomb (hauakamber), but also a temple

● Date and cause of destruction: 1494, earthquake

The Colossus of Rhodes

● Date of construction: 292-280 BC

● Builders: Greeks● “Lived the shortest

life”● Date and cause of

destruction: 226 BC, an earthquake

The Lighthouse of Alexandria

● Date of construction: 280 BC

● Builders: Egyptians● The port of Alexandria

was surrounded by many shoals (madalikud)

● Date and cause of destruction: 1326, an earthquake

Sources:

● http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Wonders_of_the_Ancient_World

● http://www.tmk.edu.ee/~nuku/pharose_tuletorn/stoori.htm● http://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seitse_maailmaimet● http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pyramid_of_Giza● http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging_Gardens_of_Babylon● http://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiramise_rippaiad● http://www.tmk.edu.ee/~nuku/rippaiad/stoori.htm

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