Name Date of constru ction Emperor Date of destru ction Cause of destruc tion Modern location Çatalhöyük Great Pyramid of Giza 7500 - 5700 BC, 2584–2561 BC Numedic People Pharoh, Khufu existence , majority of facade gone Perhaps earthquake s Giza Necropolis , Egypt outhern Anatoli a , Giza , Egypt Hanging Gardens of Babylon Circa 600 BC (evident) Nebuchadnezz ar II After 1st century AD Perhaps earthquake s Hillah, Babylon Province, Iraq or Nineveh,Nineveh Province, Iraq Temple of Artemis at Ephesus Circa 550 BC; and again at 323 BC Greeks, Lydians 356 BC (by Herostrat us) AD 262 (by the Goths) Arson by Herostr atus, plundering Near Selçuk,Izm ir Province, Turkey Statue of Zeus at Olympia 466–456 BC (temple) 435 BC (statue) Greeks 5th–6th centuries AD Disassembl ed and reassemble d at Constantin Olympia, Greece
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Name Date of constructi
on
Emperor Date of destructi
on
Cause of destructio
n
Modern location
Çatalhöyük
Great Pyramid of Giza
7500 -5700 BC,
2584–2561 BC
Numedic People
Pharoh, Khufuexistence, majority of facade gone
Perhaps
earthquakesGiza Necropolis, Egypt
outhern Anatolia,
Giza , Egypt
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Circa 600 BC (evident)
Nebuchadnezzar II
After 1st century AD
Perhapsearthquakes
Hillah, Babylon Province, Iraq orNineveh,Nineveh Province, Iraq
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
Circa 550 BC; and again at 323 BC
Greeks, Lydians 356 BC (by Herostratus)AD 262 (by the Goths)
Arson by Herostratus, plundering
Near Selçuk,Izmir Province, Turkey
Statue of Zeus at Olympia
466–456 BC (temple)435 BC (statue)
Greeks 5th–6th centuries AD
Disassembled and reassembled at Constantinople; later destroyed by fire
Olympia, Greece
Mausoleum at HalicarnassusColossus of Rhodes
351 BC
292–280 BC
Greeks, Carians
Greeks
12th-15th C.E
226 BC
Earthquakes
226 BC Rhodes
Bodrum, Turkey
Rhodes, Greece
The Great Wall Of China
Light House Of Alexandria
Haga Sophia Museum
700-200 BC
3rd Century B.C
1ST C.E
Shi Huangdi
Ptolemy
Justinian
Still Exist
Still Exist
Sill Exist
earthquake North, China
Alexandria .Egypt
Istanbul ,Turkey
01-Burj Khalifa, Dubai, U.A.E
02-Sydney Opera House, Australia
1. Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia
2. Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain
3. New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, New York
4. Bird's Nest Stadium, Beijing, China
5. Plaza de Castilla, Madrid, Spain
6. Wembley Stadium, London, England
7. Royal Ontario Museum Crystals, Toronto, Canada
8. National Center for Performing Arts ("The Egg"), Beijing, China
9. Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan
10. Ericsson Globe, Stockholm, Sweden
11. HSB Turning Torso, Malmö, Sweden
12. The Gherkin, London, England
13. Stade Olympique, Montreal, Canada
14. Osaka Dome, Japan
15. Taipei 101, Taiwan
16. Seattle Central Library, Washington
17. Lloyd's Building, London, England
18. BMW Welt, Munich, Germany
19. Empire State Building, New York, New York
20. Oslo Opera House
21. National Art Center, Tokyo
22. Valencia Opera House
23. Fernwaerme, Vienna, Austria
24. Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, MN
25. California Academy of Sciences
26. Denver Art Museum Frederic C. Hamilton building
27. Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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