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The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Birgit Rae10.a
● Seven crowning achievements of sculpture and architecture
● The first list was created by Greek polymath (õpetlane) Aleksandria Museionis
● The later version by Antipater of Sidon
● A poem, cut into the cliff
The Great Pyramid of Giza
● Date of construction: 2584-2561 BC
● Builders: Egyptians● In 1300, The Lincoln
Cathedral (St. Mary's cathedral)
● Date of destruction: still stanging
Hanging Gardens of the Babylon
● Date of construction: 605-562 BC
● Builders: Babylonians● King Nebukadnetsar,
queen Amita● Date and cause of
destruction: after 1st century BC, an earthquake
Statue of Zeus
● Date of construction: 435 BC
● Builders: Greeks● Greek sculptor Phidias● Gold, ivory,
cedarwood (seedripuu)● Bejewelled
(kalliskividega kaunistatud)
● In right hand a small statue of Nike
● Date and cause of destruction: 5th-6th centuries and cause unknown (probably destroyed by fire or an earthquake)
The Statue of Zeus
The Temple of Artemis
● Date of construction: 550 BC● Builders: Persians, Greeks● Burnt in 365 BC by Herostratus ● Rebuilt on the fourth century● In 409, the temple in its last version was finally
destroyed by the Goths (gootid)
The Mausoleum of Mausolus
● Date of construction: 351 BC
● Builders: Persians, Greeks
● The memory of king Mausolus
● Not only a tomb (hauakamber), but also a temple
● Date and cause of destruction: 1494, earthquake
The Colossus of Rhodes
● Date of construction: 292-280 BC
● Builders: Greeks● “Lived the shortest
life”● Date and cause of
destruction: 226 BC, an earthquake
The Lighthouse of Alexandria
● Date of construction: 280 BC
● Builders: Egyptians● The port of Alexandria
was surrounded by many shoals (madalikud)
● Date and cause of destruction: 1326, an earthquake
Sources:
● http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Wonders_of_the_Ancient_World
● http://www.tmk.edu.ee/~nuku/pharose_tuletorn/stoori.htm● http://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seitse_maailmaimet● http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pyramid_of_Giza● http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging_Gardens_of_Babylon● http://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiramise_rippaiad● http://www.tmk.edu.ee/~nuku/rippaiad/stoori.htm
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