what are the wonders of the ancient world
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1) The great off statue king of Greek gods, stood 12 metre hai at olympia. Greece phidias, a famous Greek sculptor, the, created the statue in about 435 B.C.
2) Temple of Artemis was dedicated to Artemis, goddess of the Moon and hunting built almost entirely of marble by the greeks at ephesus, it was burnt down in in 356 BC leaving only a few broken statue.
3) The mausoleum at halicarnassus (in modern Turkey) was a huge marble Tomb built for mausolus, a rich governer. it stood 41 meter with a base supporting 36 columns and earthquake destroyed most of the mausoleum.
4) Three pyramids were built at Giza, Egypt in about 2600 BC as Toms for 3 Egyptian kings. The largest made from more than 2 million huge limestones blocks, stands 147m high.
5) The Greek architect sostratos designed the world's first lighthhouse. It was built around 304 B.C on the island of pharos Alexandria, Egypt. It stood about 134m high.
