The Seven Wonders of the Ancient WorldReconstructs from ancient sources the Seven Wonders of the ancient World: the Great Pyramid of Egypt; the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Temple of Artemis of Ephesus, the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, The Colossus of Rhodes, and the Lighthouse of Alexandria. |
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Alexander Alexandria altar court Amazons amongst ancient world antiquity architect architectural Artemis at Ephesos Artemisia Athens Babylon base Berossus blocks Bodrum British Museum bronze built burial chamber century BC chariot group Cheops civilisation classical coins colonnade Colossus of Rhodes columns cubits cult image cuneiform Dahshur decorated deposit Dynasty east Egypt Egyptian entrance Ephesians Ephesos Erlach evidence excavations façade famous feet Figure fragments frieze Gardens of Babylon Giza goddess Greek Halicarnassus Hanging Gardens harbour height Helios Herodotus Imam's field island king known later lighthouse marble Mausoleum Maussollos metres monuments Nebuchadnezzar Old Kingdom Olympia palace Panaenus Pausanias pediment Persian Pharos Pheidias Pliny podium Ptolemy pyramid pyramids of Giza reconstruction relief Roman Rome roof royal sanctuary Saqqara sarcophagus sculptures seen Seven Wonders showing sides statue of Zeus stone Strabo structure survived Swan Hellenic temple of Artemis throne tomb Tower wall Zeus at Olympia ziggurrat