The Hanging Gardens Of Babylon
Located in Iraq ,about 89 km south of
Baghdad. They were built by King
Nebuchadnezzar in the 6
th
century B.C to
please .On these were planted gardens of
tropical flowers and trees and avenues of
palms .
The Great Pyramid of Giza
(2660 B.C – 2560 B.C)
The most important
and famous ones are
at Giza ,on the west
bank of the Nile
River. They were
between 2660 B.C.
and 2560 B.C. for the
kings Cheops,
Chephren (Khafre),
and Mycerinus. They
were meant to house
the pharaohs’ bodies
and serve as
reminders of their
almighty power.
The Statue of Zeus at Olympia
(mid - 5
th

was destroyed by the Goths in 262 A.D.
The Colossus of Rhodes
It was a 30m bronze statue of the Greek
sun god Helios, erected about 280 B.C to
guard the entrance to the harbor at
Rhodes .It Was destroyed about 55 years
later.