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Great Pyramid of Giza

The Great Pyramid of Giza was the tallest man-made structure in the world for over 3,800 years at an initial height of 146.5 metres. It was originally covered in smooth white casing stones that have since disappeared, revealing its core structure. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were a remarkable feat of engineering described as an ascending series of tiered gardens containing a variety trees. The Temple of Diana in Rome was built in the 6th century BC and its site is now commemorated by a short street. The Statue of Zeus at Olympia was a 13 metre tall ivory and gold sculpture of the god Zeus seated on a wooden throne, and was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

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Great Pyramid of Giza

The Great Pyramid of Giza was the tallest man-made structure in the world for over 3,800 years at an initial height of 146.5 metres. It was originally covered in smooth white casing stones that have since disappeared, revealing its core structure. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were a remarkable feat of engineering described as an ascending series of tiered gardens containing a variety trees. The Temple of Diana in Rome was built in the 6th century BC and its site is now commemorated by a short street. The Statue of Zeus at Olympia was a 13 metre tall ivory and gold sculpture of the god Zeus seated on a wooden throne, and was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

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Great Pyramid of Giza

 Initially at 146.5 metres (481 feet), the Great Pyramid was the tallest man-made structure in
the world for more than 3,800 years. Originally, the Great Pyramid was covered by casing
stones that formed a smooth outer surface; what is seen today is the underlying core
structure. Some of the casing stones that once covered the structure can still be seen around
the base. 

Hanging Gardens of Babylon


 The Hanging Gardens were described as a remarkable feat of engineering with an ascending
series of tiered gardens containing a wide variety of trees, shrubs, and vines. The gardens
were said to have looked like a large green mountain constructed of mud bricks.

The temple of Diana


The Temple of Diana in ancient Rome was a Roman temple which, according to the
early semi-legendary history of Rome, was built in the 6th century BC during the reign of the
king Servius Tullius. Later temple dedications often took as their model the ritual formulas
and cult regulations devised for the Temple of Diana on the Aventine.[2]A short street named
the Via del Tempio di Diana commemorates the site of the temple today and part of its wall is
located within one of the halls of the Apuleius Restaurant.

The Statue of Zeus


he Statue of Zeus at Olympia was a giant seated figure, about 13 m (43 ft) tall,[1] made by the
Greek sculptor Phidias around 435 BC at the sanctuary of Olympia, Greece, and erected in
the Temple of Zeus there. A sculpture of ivory plates and gold panels over a wooden
framework, it represented the god Zeus sitting on an elaborate cedar wood throne
ornamented with ebony, ivory, gold and precious stones. One of the Seven Wonders of the
Ancient World,[2] it was lost and destroyed during the 5th century AD with no copy ever being
found, and details of its form are known only from ancient Greek descriptions and
representations on coins.

The Tomb of Mausolus


The tomb was constructed with gleaming marble and the numerous levels of the tomb were
adorned by intricate statues of animals and people. It also incorporated Mausolus' passion
for Greek architecture. The Romans adopted the word mausolea for their tombs and today,
the word mausoleum is still being used to describe burial places.

The Lighthouse of Alexandria


The Lighthouse of Alexandria, sometimes called the Pharos of Alexandria, was a lighthouse
built by the Ptolemaic Kingdom between 280 and 247 BC which has been estimated to be 100
metres in overall height.[1] One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, for many
centuries it was one of the tallest man-made structures in the world.
The Colossus of Rhodes
The Colossus of Rhodes, 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. One of
the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, it was constructed to celebrate Rhodes' victory
over the ruler of Cyprus

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