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Temple of Artemis at Ephesus-this great monument was a Greek temple dedicated to a goddess Greeks identified as Artemis. It was sited at Ephesus (the modern town of Selçuk in present-day Turkey), and was completely rebuilt three times before its eventual destruction in 401 by St John Chrysostom, archbishop of Ephesus, who influenced a mob of Christians to completely destroy the temple. Only foundations and sculptural fragments of the latest of the temples at the site remain.
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Temple of Artemis at Ephesus-this great monument was a Greek temple dedicated to a goddess Greeks identified as Artemis. It was sited at Ephesus (the modern town of Selçuk in present-day Turkey), and was completely rebuilt three times before its eventual destruction in 401 by St John Chrysostom, archbishop of Ephesus, who influenced a mob of Christians to completely destroy the temple. Only foundations and sculptural fragments of the latest of the temples at the site remain.
The statue of Zeus at Olympia-this intimidating piece of art work was made by the Greek sculptor Phidias, circa 432 BC on the site where it was erected in the Temple of Zeus, Olympia, Greece. The seated statue, 12 metres tall, occupied half of the width of the aisle of the temple built to house it. The Zeus was a chryselephantine sculpture, made of ivory and gold-plated bronze. The date of the statue, in the third quarter of the 5th century BC, was confirmed archaeologically by the rediscovery and excavation of Phidias' workshop. The towering structure was destroyed in a fire, though, in the 5th-6th centuries AD.

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· Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in the English county of Wiltshire, about 3.2 kilometers west of Amesbury and 13 kilometers north of Salisbury.
· One of the most famous sites in the world, Stonehenge is composed of earthworks surrounding a circular setting of large standing stones.
· It is at the centre of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds.
· The Colosseum underwent several radical changes of use during the medieval period.
· By the late 6th century a small church had been built into the structure of the amphitheater, though this apparently did not confer any particular religious significance on the building as a whole.
· The arena was converted into a cemetery.
· The numerous vaulted spaces in the arcades under the seating were converted into housing and workshops, and are recorded as still being rented out as late as the 12th century.
· Colosseum Severe damage was inflicted on the Colosseum by the great earthquake in 1349, causing the outer south side, lying on a less stable terrain, to collapse.
· The Great Wall of China.
· The Chinese were already familiar with the techniques of wall-building by the time of the spring and Autumn Period, which began around the 8th century BC.
· During the Warring States Period from the 5th century BC to 221 BC, the states of Qin, Wei, Zhao, Qi, Yan and Zhongshan all constructed extensive fortifications to defend their own borders.
· Built to withstand the attack of small arms such as swords and spears, these walls were made mostly by stamping earth and gravel between board frames.
· The Leaning Tower of Pisa is the campanile, or freestanding bell tower, of the cathedral of the Italian city of Pisa. It is situated behind the Cathedral and is the third oldest structure in Pisa's Cathedral Square after the Cathedral and the Baptistery.
· The height of the tower is 55.86 m from the ground on the low side and 56.70 m on the high side.
· The width of the walls at the base is 4.09 m and at the top 2.48 m.
· Its weight is estimated at 14,500 metric tons. The tower has 296 or 294 steps; the seventh floor has two fewer steps on the north-facing staircase. Prior to restoration work performed between 1990 and 2001, the tower leaned at an angle of 5.5 degrees, but the tower now leans at about 3.99 degrees.
· This means that the top of the tower is displaced horizontally 3.9 metres from where it would be if the structure were perfectly vertical.

Hanging gardens of Babylon-you will find this questionable stone wonder by the Euphrates River, near Baghdad, Iraq. It is 320 feet high, 80 feet thick, with 250 watch towers and 100 bronze gates. The hanging gardens of Babylon were built for Amytis of media by her husband Nebuchadnezzar II. It was constructed of mud brick and stone with terraces one on top of the other. The beautiful edifice was enthralled with plants, flowers, trees-every type of plant available in the kingdom-lawns, fountains, pools and miniature water falls. Water was pumped from the Euphrates River to flow through channels to the plants because they couldn’t survive without water.
Sadly, though, around first century BC a series earthquakes destroyed what was left of the spectacular structure. Nothing remains in the land in present-day Iraq or in museums.
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Temple of Artemis at Ephesus-this great monument was a Greek temple dedicated to a goddess Greeks identified as Artemis. It was sited at Ephesus (the modern town of Selçuk in present-day Turkey), and was completely rebuilt three times before its eventual destruction in 401 by St John Chrysostom, archbishop of Ephesus, who influenced a mob of Christians to completely destroy the temple. Only foundations and sculptural fragments of the latest of the temples at the site remain.

Great pyramid of Giza-this extravagant piece of ancient architecture is located in Giza, Egypt, near the country’s capital, Cairo. Its towering bulk is made out of over two million blocks of limestone chipped to the right size. Each block weighs about a {pyramid-fc2.jpg} s much as a small car. When it was first built it was thought to have originally been 146.5 metres (480.6 feet) tall. It was covered by a casing stone to form a smooth outer surface, evidence of this still remains at the base of the pyramid; today though all you see is the rough core structure.
It is believed to have been a tomb for the pharaoh of the fourth dynasty-Khufu. The great pyramid is the oldest wonder of the world, and held the record for the largest man-made structure for over 3800 years-the longest time period for the record ever held. People are still baffled by its existence today, and it truly is one of the greatest wonders of the world.
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