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Are there seven wonders of the world now?

Famous monuments of sculpture and architecture described by ancient historians and travelers:

ancient Egyptian pyramids (3 thousand BC);
"hanging gardens" of Babylon in Babylon (7th century BC);
mausoleum in Halicarnassus (middle of the 4th century BC);
temple of Artemis at Ephesus (Asia Minor, c. 550 BC);
Colossus of Rhodes (statue of Helios on the island of Rhodes, c. 292-280 BC);
the statue of Zeus at Olympia (Greece, c. 430 BC);
lighthouse on the island Pharos in Alexandria (Egypt, 3rd century BC).

Only the pyramids have survived to this day.

People in antiquity found it hard to believe that the structures they called the "seven wonders of the world" would ever disappear. In fact, all of them, with the exception of one, ceased to exist!

The only miracle that has survived to this day is the pyramid of Cheops in Egypt. Built about 5000 years ago, it is the burial place of the pharaoh and his wife.

The walls of Babylon on the site of modern Iraq are considered the second wonder of the world. They were built around 600 BC. e. by the will of the famous king Nebuchadnezzar. Walls 100 m high, made of bricks, are now a pile of ruins.

The third wonder of the world recognized the statue of Zeus in the city of Olympia, (Greece), created by the Greek sculptor Phidias. She was a figure 12 m high, dressed in golden clothes, the body of Zeus was carved from ivory, the eyes were made of precious stones. The sculpture has not reached us.

The fourth miracle is the temple of the goddess Diana at Ephesus in what is now Turkey. The roof was supported by 18-meter rock monolith columns, and inside the temple were the best works of Greek artists. In 262 a.d. e. the invading Goths burned it down.

The fifth of the wonders of the world was the tomb of King Mausolus, who died in 353 BC. e., in the city of Halicarnassus in the territory of modern Turkey. The construction was so luxurious and so expensive that today we call the richly decorated tombs mausoleums.

The sixth wonder of the world was the Colossus of Rhodes, a bronze statue of the sun god Helios. It reached 32 meters in height and was located on the island of Rhodes. An earthquake in 224 BC e. destroyed it.

And the seventh, the last of the wonders of the world is the lighthouse in Pharos. Its construction began around 283 BC. e. on the island of Pharos, off the coast of Egypt. It is believed that the lighthouse was almost 180 meters high, a fire was burning on top, showing the way to the ships to the port. The lighthouse served for over 1500 years until it was destroyed by an earthquake.

Author: Likum A.

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