7 ancient wonders of the world 7 wonders

7 ancient wonders of the world

7 wonders of the… Natural world Modern world Ancient world Why 7? ? ?

…ancient world

The Statue of Zeus at Olympia. Greek sculptor Phidas 432 years BC Olympia – olympic games – God Zeus 13 m tall Destroyed in fire

Temple of Artemis Diana at Ephesus, � Artemis – Goddes of the moon � J. P. Wood � Plinij � 100 years � the biggest � marble – 141 m high, 73 m long � 120 pillars – 20 m high � big art � 21. 6. 356 BC

The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, � the tomb of king Meusoleum II. � Hill Halicarnassus � The best architects: Skopasu, Bryaxsisu, Leokaresu and Timoteosu � 45 m high, gold � Sculpture at the top

The Colossus of Rhodes, God of the sun entrance to the port in Greece 40 m high, 70 tons Earthquake – fell in to the sea 653 AD – sold and melted Predecessor of today‘s statue

Hanging gardens of Babylon, King Nebuchadnezzar II. for his wife Artmits The biggest city in the world Paths, flowers, waterfalls, parks… 5 terraces Did they actually exist?

lighthouse of Alexandria, First in the world 290 BC – 20 years Island Pharos Made by Stratos Earthquake

The great pyramid of Giza Pharaon Khofu – 20 years 23 years – entire project 2, 300, 000 building blocks – each 2. 5 tons Built by workers, not slaves 3 burial rooms (underground, queen‘s chamber, king‘s chamber)

Sources http: //en. wikipedia. org/ http: //www. unmuseum. org/ Noel Bushanan: Čudesa starega sveta: 2004, Mladinska knjiga. Ljubljana Joanna Walker: Antični svet: 2001, Mladinska knjiga. Ljubljana