The seven wonders of the Ancient world

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The Seven Wonders of the Ancient# World were a gathering of striking developments rededicated by different Greek creators, including Antipater of Sidon and Philo of Byzantium. The great rundown included seven marvels situated in the Eastern Mediterranean.

  1. Incredible Pyramid of Giza
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    Worked between 2584 BC and 2561 BC, the Great Pyramid of Giza is the main surviving antiquated ponder. It is 230.4 meters wide at its base and 146.5 meters tall, and is the biggest of three that sit close to the city of Giza, around 12 miles from Cairo. It was the tallest man-made structure for over 3,800 years, until the finishing of Lincoln Cathedral around the year 1300.

This was the tallest man-made structure for over 3,800 years

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The advanced option? Present day pyramids incorporate the glass access to the Louver in Paris, the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, California, and the 30-story Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas. The world's tallest pyramid-molded structure is the titanic Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea - named the "Lodging of Doom" - at 330 meters tall. It is taken after nearly by The Shard in London (309.6m).

  1. Sanctuary of Artemis at Ephesus
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    The Temple of Artemis was figured by Antipater of Sidon, the Greek writer, to be the finest of the old marvels. He expressed: "When I saw the place of Artemis that mounted to the mists, those different wonders lost their brilliancy, and I stated, 'Lo, aside from Olympus, the Sun never looked on nothing so fabulous'." After being crushed twice, by surges and pyromania, the third - and most prominent - incarnation started in 323BC. It made due until 268AD, when it was harmed or devastated amid a Goth attack. The site of the sanctuary was rediscovered in 1869, and parts of it can be found in the British Museum. Ephesus was given World Heritage Site status in 2014.

The finest of the antiquated miracles, as indicated by Antipater of Sidon (yes, him)

The cutting edge elective? Among the world's most striking present day sanctuaries are Chiang Rai's unimaginably mind boggling Wat Rong Khun, opened in 1997; Harmandir Sahib, or the "Brilliant Temple", finished in Amritsar in 1604; Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto; the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona (its full name - Basílica I Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família - is somewhat of a sizable chunk); and the Lotus Temple in New Delhi, a position of love of the Bahá'í confidence worked in 1986, which has won various building grants.

  1. Hanging Gardens of Babylon
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    This is the main antiquated ponder whose correct area has not been set up. While some trust they were simply legendary, different sources propose they were worked by King Nebuchadnezzer II around 600BC. The site may have included a climbing arrangement of layered greenery enclosures which took after an expansive green mountain ascending from the focal point of antiquated Babylon, close present-day Hillah in Iraq. In the event that the greenery enclosures existed by any means, they were crushed not long after the primary century AD.

Some trust the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were simply legendary

The advanced option? Given its area, the Dubai Miracle Garden is a conspicuous decision. Opened on Valentine's Day in 2013, it contains more than 45 million blossoms covering a 72,000m² site, with sprouts designed into the states of hearts, stars, igloos and pyramids. Different alternatives incorporate Kew Gardens, the Keukenhof Gardens, the greenhouses at Versailles, and those at Villa d'Este in Tivoli, Rome.

  1. Beacon of Alexandria
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    Worked by the Ptolemaic Kingdom in the vicinity of 280BC and 247BC, the Lighthouse of Alexandria measured up to 137 meters in tallness, making it one of the tallest man-made structures on the planet for a considerable length of time. It was harmed by three tremors in the vicinity of 956 and 1323, getting by as a demolish until 1480, when the remainder of its stones was utilized to manufacture the Citadel of Qaitbay, which still stands on the site.

The Lighthouse of Alexandria measured up to 137 meters in stature

The cutting edge elective? Among the most lovely beacons the world over are those at Lindau in Germany, Key Biscayne in Florida, and Andenes in Norway. The tallest? Jeddah Light, a 133-meter working in the Saudi Arabian city, worked in 1990.

Jeddah Light

  1. Statue of Zeus at Olympia
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    This mammoth situated portrayal of the Greek god Zeus was worked by the stone worker Phidias around 435BC in the Temple of Zeus at the asylum of Olympia. It comprised of a wooden structure secured with ivory plates and gold boards, while the position of royalty was improved with dark, ivory, gold and valuable stones. It was said by the Roman history specialist Suetonius (obviously Caligula gave orders for it to be sent to Rome so its head could be supplanted with his very own model). The statue may have been demolished when the Temple of Zeus was lost to flame in 425. On the other hand, it was taken to Constantinople (now Istanbul), where it consumed with the Palace of Lausus in 475. Phidias' workshop was rediscovered at Olympia in the 1950s.
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    The Statue of Zeus was worked by the stone carver Phidias around 435BC

The advanced option? The Golden Buddha in Bangkok, the world's heaviest strong gold statue at 5.5 tons, is one alternative. Or, then again what about the world's tallest statue: the Spring Temple Buddha in Henan, China, at 128 meters tall?

The Spring Temple Buddha nearby the Statue of Liberty, the Motherland Calls, Christ the Redeemer and the Statue of David

The Spring Temple Buddha nearby the Statue of Liberty, the Motherland Calls, Christ the Redeemer and the Statue of David CREDIT: ANNA FRODESIAK

  1. Tomb at Halicarnassus
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    Worked in the vicinity of 353BC and 350BC, this tomb - for Mausolus, a Persian satrap (a common representative) - was 45 meters in tallness and shrouded in resplendent reliefs by four distinctive Greek artists. It remained at Halicarnassus, close current Bodrum, Turkey, until the point that it was crushed by progressive seismic tremors between the twelfth and fifteenth hundreds of years. Since its development, "sepulcher" has come to speak to any over the ground tomb.

The world's first catacomb

The cutting edge elective? The most well known tomb on the planet is the Taj Mahal, worked in 1643 on the Yamuna River close Agra to house the group of Mumtaz Mahal, the most loved spouse of the Mughal emporer Shah Jahan. For something creepy, there's Lenin's Mausoleum in Red Square, Moscow - the pioneer's treated body is still on open show.
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The Taj Mahal, worked in 1643

  1. Giant of Rhodes
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    This statue to the Greek divine force of the sun, Helios, once remained at the passage to the harbor at Rhodes, on the Greek island of a similar name. It was worked in 280BC to check triumph over the leader of Cyprus, Antigonus I Monophthalmus, however made due for only 54 years, when it was wrecked by a seismic tremor. It was more than 30 meters tall and made of bronze and iron with a marble platform.

The Colossus of Rhodes made due for only 54 years

The advanced option? Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro is a conspicuous decision. It is of comparable tallness, not a long way from the ocean, and appropriately great.

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