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The Seven Wonders of The Ancient World The Seven Wonders was first put forward by a Phoenician(腓尼基) tourist ---Wendy Palmer(昂蒂帕),300 BC. The Great Pyramid of Giza Hanging Gardens of Babylon Statue of Zeus at Olympia Temple of Artemis at Ephesus Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus Colossus of Rhodes Lighthouse of Alexandria The location of the Seven Wonders The Great Pyramid of Giza(吉萨金字塔) The Great Pyramid of Giza (also called the Pyramid of Khufu and the Pyramid of Cheops) is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis bordering what is now Giza, Egypt. It is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only one to remain largely intact. Initially at 146.5 metres , the Great Pyramid was the tallest man-made structure in the world for over 3,800 years, the longest period of time ever held for such a record Hanging Gardens of Babylon(巴比伦空中花园) The gardens were supposedly built by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II(尼布甲尼撒二世) around 600 BC. He is reported to have constructed the gardens to please his homesick wife, Amytis of Media, who longed for the trees and fragrant plants of her homeland.The gardens were destroyed by several earthquakes after the 2nd century BC. Statue of Zeus at Olympia(奥林匹亚宙斯神像) The sculpture was about 12 meters high， wreathed with shoots of olive (橄榄)worked in gold and seated on a magnificent throne of cedarwood(雪松), inlaid with ivory(象牙), gold, ebony(黑檀), and precious stones. In Zeus right hand there was a small statue of crowned Nike, goddess of victory, also chryselephantine（用金和象牙做成的）, and in his left hand, a sceptre（权杖） inlaid with gold, on which an eagle perched. Temple of Artemis at Ephesus（阿尔忒弥斯神殿） The temple construction take the marble(大理石) as the foundation, the above is covering the wooden roof. Its biggest characteristic is the interior has two rows, at least 106 columns（圆柱）, each about 40 to 60 foot high. The temple foundation proba