Is The Seven Wonders of the World Still Exist? - By 3Jackass

We says that Great Wall of China (China), Christ the Redeemer Statue (Rio de Janeiro), Machu Picchu (Peru), Chichen Itza (Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico), The Roman Colosseum (Rome), Taj Majal (Agra, India) and Petra (Jordan) these are the Seven Wonders of the World. But are they actual seven wonder of the world? What if we say no?  Today we will tell you about the original Seven Wonder of The World.

It is said 6 of 7 wonder of the world destroyed. 3 fell due to earthquake, 2 due to fire, 1 probable never existed and only one stand today (Great Pyramid of Giza).

Following are the ancient seven wonder of the world.

1. Hanging Gardens of Babylon

The most popular theory is that the gardens were built by king Nebuchadnezzar II around 600 BC to make his wife happy. She was homesick for the plants and gardens of her homeland. She wanted to see the trees and plants of her homeland. The grandeur of their sight must have been awe-inspiring, which is why Herodotus would have considered them one of his Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. 

However, not only are the Hanging Gardens of Babylon not standing today, but their entire existence is debated.The hanging gardens were destroyed in an earthquake after the 1st century BC.

 

2. Temple of Artemis at Ephesus

The first temple was built in approximately 800 BC. The first temple was destroyed in the 7th century. Reconstruction began in 550 BC. It took about 10 years to rebuild it.The new temple was sponsored at least in part by Croesus, who founded Lydia's empire and was overlord of Ephesus, and was designed and constructed from around 550 BC by the Cretan architect Chersiphron and his son Metagenes.

It was designed by the architect Chersiphron, with many of the ionic columns erected at the expense of Croesus (Herodotus, I.92), the fabulously wealthy king of Lydia (ruled 560-546 BC), the Temple of Artemis (Artemision) at Ephesus was the first to be entirely of marble and one of the largest Greek temples ever built

The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus was burned down by Herostratus on July 21, 356 BCE. who held nothing personally against Artemis or the temple, but saw its destruction as a path to personal fame.

3. Statue of Zeus at Olympia

Libon was a 5th-century BC architect of Ancient Greece. Born in Elis, he built the Doric temple to Zeus at Olympia in about 460 BC. 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.The temple, built in the second quarter of the fifth century BCE, was the very model of the fully developed classical Greek temple of the Doric order.The temple is located approximately 1640 feet south-east of the Acropolis, and about 700 m (2,300 feet) south of the center of Athens, Syntagma Square.The frame of the statue was made of wood.The Temple of Zeus in Olympia is a hexastyle building, which was erected over three steps of stylobate. The entire monument was made of limestone and is covered with stucco. Parian marble was used for making the sculptures inside the Temple and Pentelic marble was used to construct the roof tiles.

The Statue of Zeus at Olympia was created by a sculptor named Phidias. It was placed in the Temple at Olympia, a shrine to Zeus where Olympic Games took place every four years.

The Statue of Zeus at Olympia is one of the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World. by the emperor Theodosius I as Pagan practices, the temple of Zeus(where the statue was housed) was ordered closed. The Statue of Zeus at Olympia was destroyed by fire in the fifth century A.D. and there were no copies ever found. All the details of the statue today are taken from depictions on coins and ancient Greek descriptions. 

4. Mausoleum at Halicarnassus (also known as the Mausoleum of Mausolus)

The city of Halicarnassus where Mausolus and Artemisia ruled is now known as Bodrum, Turkey. The word mausoleum originates from the name Mausolus. The term mausoleum became the name used for tombs built above ground from that time on. Mausolus' wife Artemisia was also his sister.

The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus or Tomb of Mausolus (Ancient Greek: Μαυσωλεῖον τῆς Ἁλικαρνασσοῦ; Turkish: Halikarnas Mozolesi) was a tomb built between 353 and 350 BC at Halicarnassus (present Bodrum, Turkey) by Pythius of Priene (Architect) Artemisia II of Caria (Mausolus' sister) and Satyros (Architect).

It was destroyed by successive earthquakes from the 12th to the 15th century, the last surviving of the six destroyed wonders.

5. Colossus of Rhodes

The Colossus of Rhodes is a statue that was built on the Greek island of Rhodes between 292 and 280 BC. The statue was a depiction of the Greek Titan Helios and was meant to celebrate their victory over the ruler of Cyprus in 305 BC.The Colossus of Rhodes /roʊdz/ (Ancient Greek: ὁ Κολοσσὸς Ῥόδιος ho Kolossòs Rhódios) was a statue of the Greek titan-god of the sun Helios, erected in the city of Rhodes, on the Greek island of the same name, by Chares of Lindos in 280 BC.

The base of the statue was made of white marble, which is where the feet and ankles were first fixed. Bronze plates were put over an iron framework (the Statue of Liberty is copper over a steel frame.) When the Colossus was finished, it stood around 33 meters (110 feet) high.Like the Statue of Liberty, this colossus was also built as a celebration of freedom. This amazing statue, standing the same height from toe to head as the modern colossus, was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The island of Rhodes was an important economic center in the ancient world.

It only stood for 56 years until it was destroyed by an earthquake in 226 BC.

6. Lighthouse of Alexandria

The first lighthouse built there was an octagonal wooden structure, anchored by 12 iron stanchions secured in the rock, and was built by Henry Winstanley from 1696 to 1698. His lighthouse was the first tower in the world to have been fully exposed to the open sea. It was built on the island of Pharos, to help guide trade ships into its busy harbor at Alexandria, Egypt. It is a tower with a bright light at the top, located at an important or dangerous place regarding navigation (travel over water). The two main purposes of a lighthouse are to serve as a navigational aid and to warn boats of dangerous areas. It is like a traffic sign on the sea.When it was done it was the tallest building in the world at the time, except for the Great Pyramid.

The lighthouse was damaged by several earthquakes and eventually became an abandoned ruin.The Bell Rock Lighthouse, off the coast of Angus, Scotland, is the world's oldest surviving sea-washed lighthouse.

In 1994 some of the remains of the lighthouse were discovered by French archaeologists in Alexandria's Eastern Harbor.

7. Great Pyramid of Giza (Still Exist One of Seven Wonders of the World)

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 what is now El Giza, Egypt, is the only surviving structure out of the famed seven wonders of the ancient world. It was built for Khufu (Cheops, in Greek), Sneferu's successor and the second of the eight kings of the fourth dynasty.

The pyramids were built by Pharaohs Khufu (tallest), Khafre (background), and Menkaure (front).The Pyramids of Giza, built between 2589 and 2504 BC. The ancient Egyptians who built the pyramids may have been able to move massive stone blocks across the desert by wetting the sand in front of a contraption built to pull the heavy objects, according to a new study. It is part of a complex of 3 large pyramids in the Giza Necropolis located in modern Cairo, Egypt. The ancient Egyptians built pyramids as tombs for the pharaohs and their queens.Most were built as tombs for the country's pharaohs and their consorts during the Old and Middle Kingdom periods.The Greek historian Herodotus claimed in 500 B.C. that 100,000 people built the Pyramids, and yet modern Egyptologists believe the figure to be more like 20,000 to 30,000.

Historical analysis tells us that the Egyptians built the Giza Pyramids in a span of 85 years between 2589 and 2504 BC.

As of November 2008, sources cite either 118 or 138 as the number of identified Egyptian pyramids. It is also the largest and grandest pyramid ever built.

And now These are the following list of Seven Wonders of the World is presented without ranking, and aims to represent global heritage.

Great Wall of China (China)

Christ the Redeemer Statue (Rio de Janeiro)

Machu Picchu (Peru)

Chichen Itza (Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico)

The Roman Colosseum (Rome)

Taj Majal (Agra, India) 

Petra (Jordan)