SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD

Made by: Fatima Al-

Zahraa Abdullah

Grade:7.A

THE SEVEN WONDERS

1 .The Colossus of Rhodes

2. The Great Pyramid of Giza

3. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

4. The Lighthouse of Alexandria

5. The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

6. The Statue of Zeus at Olympia

7. The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus

THE COLOSSUS OF RHODES

It is a huge bronze statue, comparable in size to the Statue of

Liberty, built on the island of Rhodes to commemorate a

military victory. Toppled by an earthquake, its ruins were a

major tourist attraction for nearly 900 years .

THE GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA

The Great Pyramid at Giza (c. 2551—2470 BC), one of

humankind's greatest architectural achievements and the

tallest building in the world for more than four thousand

years.

THE HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON

The Hanging Gardens (c. 810—560 BC), a series of extensive

and ornate landscaped terraces in northern Iraq.

Archaeologists have searched the ruins of Babylon for the

fabled Hanging Gardens for decades, yet have found almost nothing.

THE LIGHTHOUSE OF ALEXANDRIA

The Lighthouse of Alexandria (c. 280 BC), the

largest and most famous lighthouse of the ancient

world, built for a Greek king ruling Egypt. The first

true high-rise building in the history of architecture.

T H E M A U S O L E U M AT H A L I C A R N A SS U S

The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus (c. 352 BC), the

140-foot high monumental tomb of the Anatolian

king Mausolus, completed by his wife—who was also

his sister.

THE STATUE OF ZEUS AT OLYMPIA

The Statue of Zeus at Olympia (c. 430 BC ,) - a forty foot

tall gold and ivory statue that was the most celebrated

. artistic work on mainland Greece The statue presided

over the early Olympic Games.

THE TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS AT EPHESUS

The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus (c. 4th century BC), a

Greek temple famous for its imposing size and magnificent

sculpture, burned down by a madman who wanted to

immortalize his name in the 4th century BC.

FUN FACTS

Of all the Ancient Wonders, the pyramids is the only one

still standing.

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon often listed as the

second wonder, these gardens, which were located south of

Baghdad, Iraq, were supposedly built by Nebuchadnezzar

around 600 B.C. to please his queen, Amuhia.

Colossus at Rhodes was destroyed during an earthquake

in 224 B.C.

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