资源描述：
《The 7 Wonders of the Ancient W》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在行业资料-天天文库。
1、TheSevenWondersofthe AncientWorldTheGreatPyramidofGiza(Khufu’sPyramid)2500BCApproximate-EgyptiansItwouldhavetakenover2,300,000blocksofstonewithanaverageweightof2.5tonseach.Thetotalweightwouldhavebeen6,000,000tonsandaheightof482feet(140m).Itisthelargest
2、andtheoldestofthePyramidsofGiza.Itsupposedlytook100,000peopleworkingoveratwentyyearperiodtoconstruct.Thoughoriginallythoughttobeatomb–Nosarcophagihaveeverbeenfound-noraninscriptionsotherthanthoseaddedinrecentcenturies-notbythepyramidbuilders.HangingGar
3、densofBabylon600BC-Babylonians–DestroyedbyEarthquakeTheHangingGardensofBabylon(alsoknownastheHangingGardensofSemiramis)andthewallsofBabylon(present-dayIraq)wereconsideredoneoftheSevenWondersoftheWorld.TheywerebothsupposedlybuiltbyNebuchadnezzarIIaround
4、600BC.Accordingtoaccounts,thegardenswerebuilttocheerupNebuchadnezzar'shomesickwife,Amyitis.ShewasmarriedtoNebuchadnezzartocreateanalliancebetweenthenations.Thelandshecamefrom,though,wasgreen,ruggedandmountainous,andshefoundtheflat,sun-bakedterrainofthe
5、Mesopotamia(aregionofsouthwestAsia)depressing.Thekingdecidedtorecreateherhomelandbybuildinganartificialmountainwithrooftopgardens.TempleofArtemisatEphesus550BC-Anatolians–DestroyedbyinFire356BCTheTempleofArtemis(Greek:Artemision;Latin:Artemisium),alsok
6、nownastheTempleofDiana,wasaGreektemplededicatedtoArtemiscompletedaround550BCatEphesus(inpresent-dayTurkey)undertheAchaemeniddynastyofthePersianEmpire.Nothingremainsoftheoriginaltemple,whichwasconsideredoneoftheSevenWondersoftheAncientWorld.StatueofZeus
7、atOlympia435BC-GreeksDestroyedbyFireItwascarvedbythefamedClassicalsculptorPhidias(5thcenturyBC)circa435BCinOlympia,Greece.Theseatedstatueoccupiedthewholewidthoftheaisleofthetemplethatwasbuilttohouseit.Zeuswascarvedfromivorythencoveredwithgoldplatingand
8、wasseatedonamagnificentthroneofcedarwood,inlaidwithivory,gold,ebony,andpreciousstonesMausoleumatHalicarnassus315BC-HellenizedCarians-DestroyedbyEarthquakeTheMausoleumofMaussollos,orMausoleumofHalicarnassuswasatombbuiltbetween353-350BCat
