Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

Posted in Art by (kb) on February 12, 2007

Update: map with the location of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

Pyramids of Giza: a gigantic stone structure near the ancient city of Memphis, serving as a tomb for the Egyptian Pharaoh Khufu
Colossus of Rhodes: a colossus of Helios the sun-god, erected by the Greeks
Lighthouse of Alexandria: a lighthouse built by the Ptolemies on the island of Pharos off the coast of their capital city
Statue of Zeus at Olympia: an enormous statue of the Greek father of gods, carved by the great sculptor Pheidias
Mausoleum of Halicarnassus: a fascinating tomb constructed for King Maussollos, Persian satrap of Caria
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus: a beautiful temple in Asia Minor erected in honor of the Greek goddess of hunting and wild nature
Hanging Gardens of Babylon: a palace with legendary gardens built on the banks of the Euphrates river by King Nebuchadnezzar II

See also this site by Alaa K. Ashmawy for more info (link updated 24 Feb 2009)

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Seven Wonders of the World 2.0 « Random knowledge said, on February 24, 2007 at 11:04 am

[...] Wonders of the World 2.0 Filed under: Miscellaneous — Kurt @ 11:04 am The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World do not exist anymore except for the Pyramid of [...]

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david said, on March 4, 2009 at 11:31 am

i love this. keep on the good work. its quite creative.

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Gnathi said, on September 7, 2009 at 10:18 am

what about taj mahal???????????

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- sola spain said, on March 9, 2011 at 10:03 pm
  
  dont u know ???!!!
  taj mahal is one ofthe seven wonders of modern world NOT ANCIENT WORLD…be careful..
  
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Kurt said, on September 9, 2009 at 8:07 am

Taj Mahal is one of the New Seven Wonders of the World

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John said, on November 13, 2009 at 5:51 am

Well I am doing an assignment on this subject and this site is wonderful, shithead the Taj Mahal isn’t ancient it was built before christ.

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Pravin Sathawane said, on November 23, 2009 at 9:21 am

the seven wonder of world is really greatful and wonderfu but they will be not provide to lot of knowledge in the world
taj mahal is very good

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mz.kiki said, on January 19, 2010 at 2:08 am

this is quite creative i use this picture ror my history assignment

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kumaran said, on March 13, 2010 at 6:51 pm

different from new seven wonders of the word

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sana said, on March 3, 2011 at 7:26 am

i love this, this website is great. i wish that the other six wonders still exist!!!!!!!

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