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1、TheSevenWondersofTheAncientWorldTheGreatPyramidofGiza吉萨金字塔HangingGardensofBabylon巴比伦空中花园StatueofZeusatOlympia奥林匹斯宙斯神像TempleofArtemisatEphesus阿尔忒弥斯神殿MausoleumofMaussollosatHalicarnassus摩索拉斯陵墓ColossusofRhodes罗德岛太阳神巨像LighthouseofAlexandria亚历山大灯塔TheGreatPyramidofGiza(吉萨金字塔)TheGre
2、atPyramidofGiza(alsocalledthePyramidofKhufuandthePyramidofCheops)istheoldestandlargestofthethreepyramidsintheGizaNecropolisborderingwhatisnowGiza,Egypt.ItistheoldestoftheSevenWondersoftheAncientWorld,andtheonlyonetoremainlargelyintact.Initiallyat146.5metres,theGreatPyramidwas
3、thetallestman-madestructureintheworldforover3,800years,thelongestperiodoftimeeverheldforsucharecordHangingGardensofBabylon(巴比伦空中花园)ThegardensweresupposedlybuiltbytheBabyloniankingNebuchadnezzarII(尼布甲尼撒二世)around600BC.Heisreportedtohaveconstructedthegardenstopleasehishomesickwi
4、fe,AmytisofMedia,wholongedforthetreesandfragrantplantsofherhomeland.Thegardensweredestroyedbyseveralearthquakesafterthe2ndcenturyBC.StatueofZeusatOlympia奥林匹斯宙斯神像Thesculpturewasabout12metershigh,wreathedwithshootsofolive(橄榄)workedingoldandseatedonamagnificentthroneofcedarwood(
5、雪松),inlaidwithivory(象牙),gold,ebony(黑檀),andpreciousstones.InZeus'righthandtherewasasmallstatueofcrownedNike,goddessofvictory,alsochryselephantine(用金和象牙做成的),andinhislefthand,asceptre(权杖)inlaidwithgold,onwhichaneagleperched.Thesandalsofthegodaremadeofgold,asishisrobe.TempleofArt
6、emisatEphesus(阿尔忒弥斯神殿)Thetempleconstructiontakethemarble(大理石)asthefoundation,theaboveiscoveringthewoodenroof.It'sbiggestcharacteristicistheinteriorhastworows,atleast106columns(圆柱),eachabout40to60foothigh.Thetemplefoundationprobablyhas200toride400feet.MausoleumofMaussollosatHa
7、licarnassus(摩索拉斯陵墓)TheMausoleumatHalicarnassusorTombofMausoluswasatombbuiltbetween353and350BCatHalicarnassus(哈利卡尔那索斯)forMausolus(摩索拉斯),asatrapinthePersianEmpire,andArtemisiaIIofCaria,hiswifeandsister.Thefinishedstructurewasconsideredtobeanaesthetic(审美的)triumph(胜利).TheMausoleu
8、mstoodapproximately45 m(148 ft)inheight,andeachofthefoursideswasador