Seven Ancient Wonders of the World
This chart is a list of the original seven wonders of the world. All except the Great Pyramid of Egypt have been destroyed.
Name |
Location |
Years in existence |
Description |
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The Great Pyramid | Giza, Egypt | c. 2560 BC - today (over 4,500 years) |
originally over 480 ft high; built as a tomb for pharoah Khufu; the only one of the seven ancient wonders that still exists today |
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The Hanging Gardens of Babylon | Babylon (modern-day Iraq) |
5th - 2nd cent. BC (about 300 years) |
about 75 ft high; had machinery for circulating water; built by King Nebuchadnezzar |
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The Statue of Zeus | Olympia, Greece | 435 BC - 5th cent. AD (about 900 years) |
about 40 ft high; made of ivory and gold-plated bronze; destroyed in a fire (scale model shown) |
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The Temple of Artemis | Ephesus, Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey) |
550 BC - 356 BC 323 BC - 262 AD ??? AD - 401 AD (about 900 years in total) |
built for the Greek goddess Artemis, twin sister of Apollo; about three times as large as the Parthenon; destroyed and rebuilt three times (scale model shown) |
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The Mausoleum | Halicarnassus, Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey) |
350 BC - 15th cent. AD (over 1800 years) |
about 135 ft high; built as a tomb for the Persian ruler Mausolus; damaged by an earthquake and eventually disassembled by the crusaders. (scale model shown) |
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The Colossus of Rhodes | Greek island of Rhodes | 280 BC - 226 BC (only 54 years; however, the remains of the broken statue may have laid on the ground for up to 800 years afterwards) |
over 107 ft high; a statue of the Greek sun god Helios (as is the Statue of Liberty in NY); toppled in an earthquake |
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria | Alexandria, Egypt | 280 BC - 14th cent. AD (over 1700 years) |
perhaps as tall as 450 ft; destroyed by earthquake |
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