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The Ancient Wonders of the World

(Click here for a map of their locations.)

(Click here for a list of other wonders.)

 

 

The Lighthouse

of

Alexandria

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Location:

Pharos in Alexandria, Egypt

Built:

finished in 290 B.C.

Destroyed:

1349 A.D.

More detailed history

 

The Colossus

of

Rhodes

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Location:

Rhodes off the coast of Greece

Built:

finished in 282 B.C.

Destroyed:

226 B.C.

More detailed history

 

 

The Mausoleum

of

Halicarnassus

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Location:

Bodrum in Turkey

Built:

approx. 350 B.C.

Destroyed:

1522 A.D.

More detailed history

 

 

The Temple

of

Artemis

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Location:

Ephesus in Turkey

Built:

approx. 550 B.C. (and 323 B.C.)

Destroyed:

356 B.C. (and 401 A.D.)

More detailed history

 

 

The Statue

of

Zeus

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Location:

Olympia in Greece

Built:

approx. 450 B.C.

Destroyed:

462 A.D.

More detailed history

 

 

The Hanging Gardens

of

Babylon

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Location:

Euphrates River, Iraq (50 miles s. of Baghdad)

Built:

unknown

Destroyed:

unknown

More detailed history

 

 

The Great Pyramid

at

Giza

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Location:

Cairo in Egypt

Built:

approx. 2560 B.C.

Destroyed:

still stands

More detailed history