1. Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

2. The Great Pyramid of Giza
Place
-Build for the Pharaoh Khufu
-Was the tallest human-made building for over 4,000 years
Location
-Build in Giza, Egypt

3. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Location
-Build in Babylon, an ancient city in the empire of Babylon
Place
-Built by King Nebuchadnezzar II for his wife Amtis of Media
-The plants watered themselves and the gardens were over 75 feet tall.

4. The Statue of Zeus at Olympia
Location
-Build in Olympia, Greece
Place
-Built by Phidias
-The Zeus statue was made of ivory and his robes were made of gold.

5. The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
Location
-Build in Ephesus, Greece
Place
-Took over 120 years to build and one night to destroy
-A man named Herostratus set fire to the Temple because he wanted to be famous.

6. The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
Location
-Build in Halicarnassus, Turkey (then owned by Greece)
Place
-Tomb of Persian Satrap (governor) Maulsos.
-Destroyed by a series of earthquakes

7. The Colossus of Rhodes Place Location
-Build in the island city of Rhodes, Greece
Place
-A statue of the Greek god Helios
-Built using the money confiscated by Rhodes from the defeated army of Demetrius

8. The Lighthouse at Alexandria
Location
-Build in the island of Pharos, Egypt
Place
-The light from the lighthouse could be seen 35 miles out to sea.
-Seriously damaged by an earthquake in 956 CE, and then again in 1303 CE