Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

are amazing. They include the Great Pyramid of
Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Statue
of Zeus at Olympia, the Temple of Artemis at
Ephesus, the Mausoleum of Maussollos at
Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes, and the
Lighthouse of Alexandria. The historian Herodotus
and the scholar Callimachus comprised these
original Seven Wonders.
The Great Pyramid of Giza was the tallest
building in the world for thousands of years; from
2570 BC to 1300 AD. Over the years it has been the
victim to erosion, which has caused its height to
shrink a few meters, from 146.6 to 138.8. It was
originally built by the Egyptians to serve as a tomb
for the Egyptian Pharaoh Khufu. It was built around
2560 BC over a twenty-year period. It is the only
Ancient Wonder, which remains intact to this date.
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were built
in around 600 BC by Nebuchadnezzar II. He was
said to construct this beautiful garden to please his
wife, who missed the flora of her homeland.