Old 7 Wonders of World

The old seven Wonders of the World, also known as the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World are monuments that are representatives of the achievements of ancient civilizations. There are only one of these Wonders that is still standing and the old seven Wonders of the World have been replaced by newer monuments that are representative of some of the mankind’s more recent achievements. This is a list of the monuments that are most often considered as the old Seven Wonders Of The World.

These are:

Wonders	Basic Information
Great Pyramid of Giza	1. The Great Pyramid of Giza (also known as the Pyramid of Khufu or the Pyramid of Cheops) is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza pyramid complex bordering present-day El Giza, Egypt. 2. It is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only one to remain largely intact. 3. Some Egyptologists believe that the pyramid was thus built as a tomb over a 10- to 20-year period concluding around 2560 BC. 4. Initially at 146.5 meters,the Great Pyramid was the tallest man-made structure in the world for more than 3,800 years until Lincoln Cathedral was finished in 1311 AD. 5. Originally, the Great Pyramid was covered by limestone casing stones that formed a smooth outer surface; what is seen today is the underlying core structure.
Colossus of Rhodes	1. The Colossus of Rhodes was a statue of the Greek sun-god Helios, erected in the city of Rhodes, on the Greek island of the same name, by Chares of Lindos in 280 BC. 2. It was constructed to celebrate Rhodes’ victory over the ruler of Cyprus, Antigonus I Monophthalmus, whose son Demetrius I of Macedon unsuccessfully besieged Rhodes in 305 BC. 3. According to most contemporary descriptions, the Colossus stood approximately 70 cubits, or 33 meters high—the approximate height of the modern Statue of Liberty from feet to crown—making it the tallest statue of the ancient world. 4. It collapsed during the earthquake of 226 BC; although parts of it were preserved, it was never rebuilt.
Hanging Gardens of Babylon	1. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World as listed by Hellenic culture. 2. It is described as a remarkable feat of engineering with an ascending series of tiered gardens containing a wide variety of trees, shrubs, and vines, resembling a large green mountain constructed of mud bricks, and said to have been built in the ancient city of Babylon, near present-day Hillah, Babil province, in Iraq. 3. Its name is derived from the Greek word kremastos, which has a broader meaning than the modern English word “hanging” and refers to trees being planted on a raised structure such as a terrace. 4. According to one legend, the Hanging Gardens were built alongside a grand palace known as The Marvel of Mankind, by the Neo-Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II, for his Median wife Queen Amytis, because she missed the green hills and valleys of her homeland.
Lighthouse of Alexandria	1. It was a lighthouse built by the Ptolemaic Kingdom, during the reign of Ptolemy II Philadelphus (280–247 BC), which has been estimated to be 100 meters (330 ft) in overall height. 2. One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, for many centuries it was one of the tallest man-made structures in the world. 3. The lighthouse was severely damaged by three earthquakes between AD 956 and 1323 and became an abandoned ruin. 4. It was the third longest surviving ancient wonder (after the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus and the extant Great Pyramid of Giza), surviving in part until 1480, when the last of its remnant stones were used to build the Citadel of Qaitbay on the site. 5. In 2016 the Ministry of State of Antiquities in Egypt had plans to turn submerged ruins of ancient Alexandria, including those of the Pharos, into an underwater museum.
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus	1. The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus or Tomb of Mausoluswas a tomb built between 353 and 350 BC at Halicarnassus for Mausolus, a satrap in the Persian Empire, and his sister-wife Artemisia II of Caria. 2. The structure was designed by the Greek architects Satyros and Pythius of Priene. 3. Its elevated tomb structure is derived from the tombs of neighboring Lycia, a territory Mausolushad invaded and annexed circa 460 BC, such as the Nereid Monument. 4. The Mausoleum was approximately 45 m (148 ft) in height, and the four sides were adorned with sculptural reliefs, each created by one of four Greek sculptors—Leochares, Bryaxis, Scopas of Paros, and Timotheus. 5. It was destroyed by successive earthquakes from the 12th to the 15th century.
Statue of Zeus	1. The Statue of Zeus at Olympia was a giant seated figure, about 13 m (43 ft) tall, made by the Greek sculptor Phidias around 435 BC at the sanctuary of Olympia, Greece, and erected in the Temple of Zeus there. 2. A chryselephantine sculpture of ivory plates and gold panels on a wooden framework, it represented the god Zeus on a cedarwood throne ornamented with ebony, ivory, gold and precious stones. 3. The statue was lost and destroyed during the 5th century AD; details of its form are known only from ancient Greek descriptions and representations on coins.
Temple of Artemis	1. The Temple of Artemis or Artemision also known less precisely as the Temple of Diana, was a Greek temple dedicated to an ancient, local form of the goddess Artemis. 2. It was located in Ephesus (near the modern town of Selçuk in present-day Turkey). 3. It was completely rebuilt twice, once after a devastating flood and three hundred years later after an act of arson, and in its final form was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. 4. By 401 AD it had been ruined or destroyed. 5. Only foundations and fragments of the last temple remain at the site.