Tin Tin & The Original 7 Wonders of the World
he Great Pyramid of Giza
wn as the Pyramid of Khufu or the Pyramid of Cheops. oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza ropolis. Great Pyramid consists of an estimated 2.3 million estone blocks with most believed to have been sported from nearby quarries.
The Colossus of Rhodes •
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Was a statue of the Greek Titan Helios, erected in the city of Rhodes on the Greek island of Rhodes by Chares of Lindos between 292 and 280 BC. Describe the structure as being built with iron tie bars to which brass plates were fixed to form the skin. The interior of the structure, which stood on a 15 meter (50 foot) high white marble pedestal near the Mandraki harbor entrance, was then filled with stone blocks as construction progressed.
The Hanging Tower of Babylon • •
They were purportedly built in the ancient city-state of Babylon. the gardens to please his homesick wife Amytis of Media, who longed for the plants of her homeland.
Temple of Artemis • known less precisely as the Temple of Diana • The first sanctuary (temenos) antedated the Ionic immigration by many years, and dates to the Bronze Age
Statue of Zeus at Olympia • made of ivory and goldplated bronze • created by the Greek sculptor Phidias • 39 feet tall: occupied half of the width of the aisle of the temple built to house it
Lighthouse of Alexandria • was built between 280 and 247 BC on the island of Pharos at Alexandria, Egypt. • Its purpose was to guide seamen into the port of Alexandria. • Height between 393 and 450 ft (120 and 140 m),
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus • • • •
was built between 353 and 350 BC at Halicarnassus (present Bodrum, Turkey) for Mausolus, a satrap in the Persian Empire, and Artemisia II of Caria, who was both his wife and his sister. was designed by the Greek architects Satyros and Pythius of Priene.