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1、1.TheStatueofZeusatOlympiawasmadebytheGreeksculptorPhidias,about432BConthesitewhereitwaserectedintheTempleofZeus.TheZeuswasachryselephantinesculpture(克里斯里凡亭雕),madeofivoryandgold-platedbronze.2.ThegardenswereattributedtotheNeo-Babylonian(新巴比伦王国)kingNebuchadnezzarII(尼布甲尼撒二世),
2、whoruledbetween605and562BC.Heisreportedtohaveconstructedthegardenstopleasehishomesickwife,AmytisofMedia(米提亚，亚洲古国),wholongedfortheplantsofherhomeland.Thegardensweresaidtohavebeendestroyedbyseveralearthquakesafterthe2centuryBC.3.TheTempleofArtemis（土耳其）阿耳忒弥斯（月亮女神）神庙,alsoknownl
3、esspreciselyastheTempleofDiana,wasaGreektemplededicatedtoagoddessGreeksidentifiedasArtemis.Itwascompletelyrebuiltthreetimesbeforeitseventualdestructionin401.Onlyfoundationsandsculpturalfragmentsofthelatestofthetemplesatthesiteremain.4.TheGreatWall,ChinaOver6,400kmslong,cons
4、tructionstartedasearlyasthe5thcenturyBCandcontinueduntilthe1600'swhentheQingdynastytookcontrolofChina.originalsegmentsmadeoframmedearthandwood,butlatersectionsconstructedfrombrickandcutrock.Latersegmentsalsoexhibitthefamiliarwatchtowersandbarracksthatwereusedtostoreweaponsa
5、ndhousesoldiers.5.TheMausoleumatHalicarnassusorTombofMausoluswasatombbuiltbetween353and350BCatHalicarnassus(presentBodrum,Turkey)forMausolus,asatrapinthePersianEmpire,andArtemisiaIIofCaria,hiswifeandsister.ThestructurewasdesignedbytheGreekarchitectsSatyrosandPythiusofPriene
6、.TheMausoleumstoodapproximately45m(148ft)inheight.Thewordmausoleumhasnowcometobeusedgenericallyforanygrandtomb.6.TheColossusofRhodeswasastatueoftheGreekTitanHelios,erectedinthecityofRhodesontheGreekislandofRhodesbetween292and280BC.ItwasconstructedtocelebrateRhodes'victoryov
7、ertherulerofCyprus,whofailedtobesiegeRhodesin305BC.Beforeitsdestruction,theColossusofRhodesstoodover30meters(107ft)high,makingitoneofthetalleststatuesoftheancientworld.7.TheLighthouseofAlexandria,alsoknownasthePharosofAlexandria,wasatowerbuiltbetween280and247BContheislandof
8、PharosatAlexandria,Egypt.Itspurposewastoguidesailorsintotheharbouratnighttime.With
