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THE SEVEN ANCIENT

WONDERS

Enric López

Sergi Aznar

Súnion 301

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PYRAMID OF GIZA

1.The Great Pyramid of Giza. Completed circa 2570. C., was built for the pharaoh

Khufu. Located in Giza, Egypt, is the only one of the seven wonders of the ancient

world that still can be seen.

Khufu's Horizon (2560–2540 BC)

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HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON

2.The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Built in 605. C. - To 562. C. Located in the city of

Babylon, now Iraq. Lasted until no further than to 126. C., when the city was finally

destroyed by the Persians.

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TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS

3.The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus (modern Turkey). Built around 550. C. and

destroyed by arson in 356. BC, Alexander the Great ordered its reconstruction,

completed after his death in the year 323. C. This new temple, Which Must Be

Considered as included in the list of wonders, was in turn destroyed by the Goths

During a raid in 262.

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Statue of Zeus

4.La Olympia. 430 carved into a. C. by Phidias. Located inside the temple dedicated to

Zeus himself in Olympia, Greece, Disappeared in 393, the year When the emperor

Theodosius the Great forbade worship paid, and 426, Theodosius II ordered When the

demolition of the monuments of Olympia.

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The Colossus of Rhodes.

Between 294 to built. C. and 282 a. C. Located at the entrance of the port of the city of

Rhodes on the island of Rhodes, Greece, was toppled by an earthquake in the year

223 a. C., so That was The Most ephemeral of wonders.

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The Lighthouse of Alexandria

Between 285 to built. C. and 247. C. on the island of Pharos in Alexandria (Egypt), to

guide ships on Their Way to the port city. Like the tomb of Mausolus generic name

Given to all the great memorials That Followed, the Tower Lighthouse (Pharos) did the

Same with the towers of navigation signals. El Faro Lasted Until the earthquakes of

1303 and 1323 Reduced it to rubble in 1480, His Remains Were reused in the

construction of a fort nearby.