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Seven Wonders of the World: From the Ancients to Tomorrow

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About two centuries B.C., in the Palestinian city of Sidon, there was a man named Antipater. He was the Baedeker of antiquity, as he compiled a list of must-sees for the travelers of old. He settled on the sacred number of seven as a good parameter for his list. He did not discriminate geographically: one of his wonders was in Europe, three in Asia, two in Africa and one on an island in the sea. Their construction spanned nearly three thousand years, and they were all, indeed, constructions. They were: 1. The Great Pyramid of Khufu, built about 2,900 B.C or earlier .2. The Walls of Babylon , dating from between 605 and 562 B.C.3. The Statue of the Olympian Zeus, made by Phidias between 470 and 462 B.C.4. The Temple of Diana at Ephesus, approximately. 356 B.C.5. The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the tomb of King Mausolus, from about 353 B.C.6. The Colossus of Rhodes, from about 280 B.C.7. The Pharos of Alexandria, from about 247 B.C. LIFE revisits the sites of the magnificent seven and then updates the list. Do the Terra Cotta soldiers of China make the top seven now that they have been found. Stonehenge? The faces of Easter Island? This book answers all.

Pages: 176

Format: Hardcover

Release: January 01, 2003

ISBN 13: 9781932273076

Seven Wonders of the World: From the Ancients to Tomorrow

4.1/5 ( ratings)

About two centuries B.C., in the Palestinian city of Sidon, there was a man named Antipater. He was the Baedeker of antiquity, as he compiled a list of must-sees for the travelers of old. He settled on the sacred number of seven as a good parameter for his list. He did not discriminate geographically: one of his wonders was in Europe, three in Asia, two in Africa and one on an island in the sea. Their construction spanned nearly three thousand years, and they were all, indeed, constructions. They were: 1. The Great Pyramid of Khufu, built about 2,900 B.C or earlier .2. The Walls of Babylon , dating from between 605 and 562 B.C.3. The Statue of the Olympian Zeus, made by Phidias between 470 and 462 B.C.4. The Temple of Diana at Ephesus, approximately. 356 B.C.5. The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the tomb of King Mausolus, from about 353 B.C.6. The Colossus of Rhodes, from about 280 B.C.7. The Pharos of Alexandria, from about 247 B.C. LIFE revisits the sites of the magnificent seven and then updates the list. Do the Terra Cotta soldiers of China make the top seven now that they have been found. Stonehenge? The faces of Easter Island? This book answers all.

Pages: 176

Format: Hardcover

Release: January 01, 2003

ISBN 13: 9781932273076

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