Seven Wonders of the World

Seven Wonders! Yes, exactly so! Wonders! It was my dream to visit and see them with my own eyes! And it came true! I mean my dream came true! I saw six of them on pictures and the only one, that still exists I saw in reality. Of course, I am talking about the Great Pyramids of Giza.

Recently, I found out that notion “wonders” is of Greek origin “theamata” and means more “must-sees”, but not wonders! Today we have seven wonders and this list came to us from the time immemorial! It was fulfilled in the Middle Ages— unfortunately, only one Wonder still exists in our world! This list contains information and data mostly from old Greek writings, and, it goes without saying, it has only places that ancient Greeks were acquainted with. There were a lot of attempts to change this list, in this situation we can even deal with two types of travel wonders (man-made and natural). But, to put it short, they still exist, so, let’s have a closer look at them!

Great Pyramid of Giza! It was constructed by Egyptians in 2650-2500 BC. Originally it was a tomb for Pharaohs. To tell the truth, there are 112 pyramids and only 9 of them are woman. The biggest pyramid is called Khufu’s Pyramid or the Pyramid of Khufu.

Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Time of their erecting 600 BC. Babylonians build them and they stand till the 1st century BC. Then came a sudden earthquake and it completely destroyed this wonder! By the way, just imagine exotic fruits and trees, marvellous flowers and nature, bewildering beauty, birds and butterflies flying around.., An idyllic picture, yeah? Some historians do believe, these gardens have never existed!

Temple of Artemis at Ephesus. This Temple was built in 550 BC by three nations. It was built as a dedication and proof of faith to the Greek goddess Artemis. It was building for long 120 years and destroyed by in a eye blink fire in 356 BC. According, to historians it was magnificent and haughty! But, nothing is sacred to greedy and mean people! Herostratus set this Temple on fire!

Statue of Zeus at Olympia was constructed in 435 BC by Greeks. It was a rather high statue - 12 metres or 40 feet tall! But, again, it’s existence didn’t last long - in 5th or 6th AD it was ruined by Christianity supporters!

Mausoleum of Halicarnassus. Time of its appearance - 351 BC. Actually, it gave birth to a new term “mausoleum”. This building was high and beautifully decorated, but earthquake changed everything in 1494 AD.

Colossus of Rhodes was erected in 292-280 BC. Now it can be compared with Statue of Liberty (as to its size). This was a statue of the Greek God, named Helios (the God of the Sun). Earthquake decided that this statue has no right for existing!

And the last one, Lighthouse of Alexandria. Time of construction 3rd century BC. It was 180 metres high and till the 14th century considered to be the tallest building of the world! Again earthquake didn’t have mercy on this building!