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		Ancient Wonders ^Votes:0 Welcome to the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World . This is a list of important objects that were built between 3000 B.C. and A.D. 476. All of the ancient wonders include objects made by human beings that were considered important because of their size or some other unusual quality. Follow the links below to learn more about each wonder. I wonder what your favorite ancient wonder will be? The Great Pyramid The Hanging Gardens of Babylon The Temple of Zeus The Colossus of Rhodes The Lighthouse of Alexandria The Temple of Artemis The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus Read More Go to Site


		Destination: The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World ^Votes:0 The Temple of Artemis (Diana) at Ephesus Built: About 550 B.C. Location: In Greek city of Ephesus, on west coast of modern Turkey History: The great Ionian city of Ephesus was chosen as the site for one of the largest and most complex temples built in ancient times. The Temple of Artemis (Diana) had a marble sanctuary and a tile-covered wooden roof. Conceived by architect Chersiphron and his son, Metagenes, the temple's inner space featured a double row of at least 106 columns, each believed to be 40 to 60 feet high. The foundation was approximately 200 feet by 400 feet. The original temple burned in 356 B.C. and was rebuilt on the same foundation. Fire devastated the second temple in 262 A.D., but its foundation and some debris have survived. The British Museum in London counts some of th Read More Go to Site

		Hanging Gardens of Babylon ^Votes:0 Traveler's Domain Research Center Islam Games Links Chat Room World Time Autobiography Email Me Net Search ? This Site Contains No Frames! Webmaster: Anees Udyawar Copyright ?1998, 1997 by Geocities Corp. This site is restrictedly for educational, entertainment and leisure purposes. If you do copy some of my articles or pictures please email me and tell me where they have been placed. Hanging Gardens of Babylon Babylon (Babylonian Bab-ilim or Babil, "gate of God"), one of the most important cities of the ancient world, whose location today is marked by a broad area of ruins just east of the Euphrates River, 90 km (56 mi) south of Baghdad, Iraq. Babylon was the capital of Bab ylonia in the 2nd and 1st millennia BC. In antiquity the city profited from its location extending across the main o Read More Go to Site

		NOVA Online \| Treasures of the Sunken City \| Seven Wonders ^Votes:0 --> Seven Wonders—Get Clued In The notion of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World can be traced back to the fifth century B.C. These creations rivaled many created by nature in their size, majesty, and beauty. Six of the seven wonders no longer stand, having been destroyed by natural disaster or by humans. Note: The idea of the list dates to the fifth century B.C. when Greek historian Herodotus marvelled about some of the Wonders. Although it has been argued that other ancient wonders of comparable regard—such as the Great Wall of China, Machu Picchu in Peru, and the Aztec Temple in Tenochtitlan in Mexico—should have been included, these may not have been known about by the Greeks who first proposed Wonders for the list. These are pictures of the Seven Wonders of the Wo Read More Go to Site

		Smith College Museum of Ancient Inventions: Lighthouse ^Votes:0 Lighthouse, Alexandria, 300 BCE by Dawn Turek '00 and Christine Wraga '00 Pharos, the ancient lighthouse of the port city of Alexandria, was one of the seven ancient wonders of the world. Built on an island in the harbor of Alexandria, the Greeks created a causeway the lead to the island and separated the port into two. Ptolemy commenced this magnificent building around 297 BCE, to protect ships from the precarious nature of the harbor. Greco-Roman architecture was used in designing the lighthouse. The bottom of Pharos rose to a height of sixty meters, while the octagon and the top circular portion of the lighthouse were thirty and fifteen meters respectively. These dimensions make Pharos a monument of grandiose proportions--it is said that the light from the top could be seen for 34 1/2 t Read More Go to Site

		The Seven Wonders of the World — Infoplease.com ^Votes:0 Site Map \| FAQ in All Infoplease Almanacs • General • Entertainment • Sports Biographies Dictionary Encyclopedia Spelling Checker Daily Almanac for Nov 22, 2007 Search White Pages Skip Navigation Home Almanacs Atlas Encyclopedia Dictionary Thesaurus Features Quizzes Timelines Countries American Indian Heritage Month World & News United States History & Gov't Biography Sports Arts & Ent. Business Society & Culture Health & Science Homework Center Fact Monster Kid's reference, games, quizzes Daily Almanac This Day in History Today's Birthday Word of the Day Editor's Favorites American Indian Heritage Month Thanksgiving Advent Hanukkah Pearl Harbor Day Campaign 2008 Pakistan Country Profile Iraq Timeline Presidential Factfile NFL Team Profiles Daylight Saving Time 2007 Current Read More Go to Site

		The UnMuseum - The Pharos Lighthouse ^Votes:0 The Pharos. Copyright Lee Krystek, 1998. The Great Lighthouse at Alexandria In the fall of 1994 a team of archaeological scuba divers entered the waters off of Alexandria, Egypt. Working beneath the surface they searched the bottom of the sea for artifacts. Large underwater blocks of stone were marked with floating masts so that an Electronic Distance Measurement station on shore could obtain their exact positions. Global positioning satellites were used to further fix the locations. The information was then fed into computers to create a detailed database of the sea floor. Ironically, these scientists were using some of the most high-tech devices available at the end of the 20th century to try and discover the ruins of one of the most advanced technological achievements of the 3rd century Read More Go to Site

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