Seven Wonders of the World

The Pyramid of Cheops Pyramid of Cheops (Khufu) - the largest of the Egyptian pyramids, the only one of the "Seven Wonders of the World", preserved to this day. The construction of the pyramid (and it was completed around 2590 BC) took 2.3 million stone blocks weighing two and a half tons each. The total volume of the pyramid is 2.34 million cubic meters. Height of 146.6 meters, (approximately fifty-story skyscraper),

Hanging Gardens of Babylon Hanging gardens were built in 600 BC. By the order of the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II. Gardens located on artificial vaults, on top of residential or household buildings, are called hanging.

Hercules founded the Olympic Games Hercules founded the Olympic Games. On the site of the competition a temple was erected.   A miracle of the world was considered a huge statue of Olympian Zeus, which was inside. Zeus's head was crowned with a wreath from the branch of the olive tree, which was also awarded to the winners of the games. In 393, the Roman Emperor Theodosius I banned the Olympic Games as a pagan event. At the beginning of the 5th century, the statue of Zeus was transported to Constantinople, where, after some time, it died as a result of a fire. Statue of Zeus

Temple of Artemis Turkey. There was a legend that the temple burned down the day Alexander the Great was born. In the 356 BC. A resident of Ephesus named Herostratus burned the temple of Artemis in order to glorify his name. However, by the beginning of the III century AD. E. A new one was built on the site of the burnt church. The second temple of Artemis in size exceeded the previous one. The glory was so great that people from all parts of the Greek oecumene placed their savings in it.

Alexandrian lighthouse Built in the III century BC, so that ships could safely pass the reefs on their way to the bay. At night they were helped in this by flames, and in the daytime - a column of smoke. It was the first lighthouse in the world, and it stood for 1500 years. The island of Pharos in the Mediterranean, near the shores of Alexandria.

Halicarnassus Mausoleum This tomb was built in the middle of the IV century BC. E. In the city of Halicarnassus, located on the territory of modern Turkey. She became a tomb for King Mausolus. This mausoleum existed almost two thousand years and was finally destroyed only in the XVI century, when the Knights-Ioannites dismantled its remains for the construction of the fortress.

For 56 years, a 36-meter bronze giant stood on the island of Rhodes in the Aegean Sea. In the 222 BC. E. The statue was destroyed by an earthquake. The Colossus of Rhodes Only a few could clasp the thumb of the statue's hand with both hands.