Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

The word wonder According to the Royal Spanish Academy has the meaning: an event or extraordinary thing that causes admiration, the idea of the seven wonders of the ancient world was regarded by writers as the seven most famous artistic and architectural structures in the world that being visited caused admiration.

The Great Pyramid of Giza.
Built by King Cheops between c. 2545 - 2575 BC is the oldest stone building Wonder and bigger and the only one we see today.


The Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
Built in Babylonian times in honor of the wife of King Nebuchadnezzar II Amytis a garden in the desert


The Temple of Artemis
The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, also known as the Artemision was built in the mid-sixth century BC. It is located in Ephesus (modern Turkey), and was considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Antipater of Sidon


The Statue of Zeus
The Statue of Zeus, built by Phidias in honor of the God of the Olympic Games in Olympia Greece.


The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus
Mausoleum of Halicarnassus also known as Tomb of Mausolus was built between 353 and 350 BC at Halicarnassus (now Bodrum, Turkey) for Mausolus


The Colossus of Rhodes
The Colossus of Rhodes structure built by the sculptor Chares of Lindos on Rhodes in the year 292 a. C., with the height of 32 meters was the tallest statue known in antiquity.
The largest statue in the world


The Lighthouse of Alexandria.
The Lighthouse of Alexandria, a high tower was built by the Ptolemaic kingdom between 280 and 247 BC in the coastal island of Pharos in Alexandria, Egypt, in order to guide sailors in port.