Thursday, November 18, 2010

Wonders of the World

The historian Herodotus and the scholar Callimachus of Cyrene at the Museum of Alexandria, made early lists of seven wonders but their writings have not survived, except as references. The seven wonders included:

Great Pyramid of Giza

Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Statue of Zeus at Olympia


Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
 
Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus


Colossus of Rhodes
 
Lighthouse of Alexandria

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