Pyramids of Egypt
Oldest and only surviving 'wonder'. Built in the 2000's BC as royal tombs, about 80 are still standing The largest, the great Pyramid of Cheops, at el-Gizeh, wa (147m) 481 feet high.
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Terraced gardens adjoining Nebuchadnezzar's palace said to rise from (23-91m) 75-300 feet. Supposedly built by the king about 600 BCto please his wife, a princess from the mountains, but they are also asssociated with the Assyrian Queen Semiramis.
Statue of Zeus a Olympia
Carved by Phidias, the (12 -m) 40-foot statue marked the site of the original Olympic games in the 400s BC. It was constructedof ivory and gold, and showed Zeus (jupiter) on his throne.
Temple of Artemis (Diana) at Ephesus
Constructed of parian marble and more than (122 m) 400 feet long with over 100 columns (18 m) 60 ft high, it was begun about 359 BC and took some 120 years to build. Destroyed by the Goths in AD 262.
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
Erected by Queen Artemisia in memory of her husband King Mausolus of Caria (in Asia Minor), who died 353 BC. It stood (43 m) 140 feet high. All that remains are a few pieces in the British Museum and the word 'mausoleum' in the English language.
Colossus of Rhodes
Gigantic bronze stsatue of sun god Helios (or Apollo); stood about (36 m) 117 feet high, dominating the harbour entrance at Rhodes. The sculptor Chares supposedly laboured for 12 years before he cmpleted it in 280 BC. It was destroyed by an earthquake in 244 BC.
Pharos of Alexandria
Marble lighthouse and watchtower built about 270 BC on the island of Pharos in Alexandria's harbour. Possibly standing (122 m) 400 feet high, it was destroyed by an earthquake in 1375.