Mason Bird is a college student who is particularly interested in the history of the ancient world. A political science major, he has devoted many hours to reading about history and to watching it come alive as portrayed on the History Channel. For Mason Bird and other fans of in-depth research into the world as it was thousands of years ago, History Channel documentaries, such as that on the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, can be fascinating viewing.
The Seven Wonders, as listed by ancient Greek authors such as Philo of Byzantium and Antipater of Sidon, traditionally includes the following: the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Pharos (Lighthouse) at Alexandria, the Colossus of Rhodes, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, and the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus.
Of the seven ancient wonders, only one remains today. The Great Pyramid, which scholars believe was constructed around 2,500 B.C.E, is the only one of the ancient wonders that still survives. The Great Pyramid was the tallest human-constructed structure on earth until the construction of the Lincoln Cathedral around 1,300 C.E. If the Hanging Gardens were real, they disappeared around the first century C.E. The Statue of Zeus may have been destroyed by fire in the fifth century C.E., and earthquakes razed the Lighthouse, the Mausoleum, and the Colossus. The Temple of Artemis was rediscovered in the Victorian Era. Pieces of it can be found in the British Museum today.
The Seven Wonders, as listed by ancient Greek authors such as Philo of Byzantium and Antipater of Sidon, traditionally includes the following: the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Pharos (Lighthouse) at Alexandria, the Colossus of Rhodes, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, and the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus.
Of the seven ancient wonders, only one remains today. The Great Pyramid, which scholars believe was constructed around 2,500 B.C.E, is the only one of the ancient wonders that still survives. The Great Pyramid was the tallest human-constructed structure on earth until the construction of the Lincoln Cathedral around 1,300 C.E. If the Hanging Gardens were real, they disappeared around the first century C.E. The Statue of Zeus may have been destroyed by fire in the fifth century C.E., and earthquakes razed the Lighthouse, the Mausoleum, and the Colossus. The Temple of Artemis was rediscovered in the Victorian Era. Pieces of it can be found in the British Museum today.