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    The Great Pyramid of Giza was built around 2560 BC as the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Khufu and stood as the tallest man-made structure on Earth for over 3,800 years until modern skyscrapers. Its construction over 10 years involved an average workforce of 14,000, though how it was built and whether slaves were used is still debated. The Lighthouse of Alexandria, built under Ptolemy I and II around 280-247 BC, was the first lighthouse and model for future ones. It guided ships into harbor with a giant furnace at the top but was destroyed by earthquakes over time. The Colossus of Rhodes, built around 280 BC in honor of the Greek god Hel

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    The Great Pyramid of Giza was built around 2560 BC as the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Khufu and stood as the tallest man-made structure on Earth for over 3,800 years until modern skyscrapers. Its construction over 10 years involved an average workforce of 14,000, though how it was built and whether slaves were used is still debated. The Lighthouse of Alexandria, built under Ptolemy I and II around 280-247 BC, was the first lighthouse and model for future ones. It guided ships into harbor with a giant furnace at the top but was destroyed by earthquakes over time. The Colossus of Rhodes, built around 280 BC in honor of the Greek god Hel

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    The Great Pyramid of Giza was built around 2560 BC as the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Khufu and stood as the tallest man-made structure on Earth for over 3,800 years until modern skyscrapers. Its construction over 10 years involved an average workforce of 14,000, though how it was built and whether slaves were used is still debated. The Lighthouse of Alexandria, built under Ptolemy I and II around 280-247 BC, was the first lighthouse and model for future ones. It guided ships into harbor with a giant furnace at the top but was destroyed by earthquakes over time. The Colossus of Rhodes, built around 280 BC in honor of the Greek god Hel

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    The Great Pyramid of Giza

    While there are a few pyramids in Egypt, the largest pyramid belongs to the Pharoah
    Khufu and this pyramid was singled-out as a sight to see. It was supposedly built in about 2560
    BC, surviving today for a momentous 4,000 year plus lifespan.
    For almost 3,800 of those years, it was the tallest man-made structure on Earth, until
    modern engineering allowed skyscrapers to exist.
    We’re still unsure how this pyramid was built and it’s debated if slave labor was used or if
    skilled craftsmen were recruited, either way totaling an average workforce of 14,000 people at a
    time over the course of ten years.

    Our second wonder is also in Egypt, the Lighthouse of Alexandria

    The lighthouse was created under the reign of Ptolemy the first and the second, taking
    about 12 years to build. This lighthouse had a giant furnace at the top, becoming the first of its
    kind and the model for all future lighthouses, used to guide ships into a harbor at night. It was
    destroyed over time by several earthquakes, which slowly caused the lighthouse to crumble into
    the sea. A fort was built over the lighthouse’s ruins so it wasn’t able to be studied or examined
    until only recently, with most of the ruins still underwater.

    Our next wonder takes us away from Egypt and now to Greece where we have the Colossus of
    Rhodes

    The city of Rhodes is a harbor city and the giant Colossus was built in honor of the
    Greek god Helios. They built the statue to celebrate victory of defending their city against an
    attacking force. The statue was said to be about as tall as the Statue of Liberty and the pose of
    the statue is hotly debated, with the current belief that it couldn’t have actually straddled the
    opening of the harbor as it’s shown in pictures, but it likely stood to one side. Building the statue
    in the center of the harbor would have closed the actual harbor to traffic and that seems unlikely,
    or so experts believe. It only stood for about 50 or 60 years before a massive earthquakes
    caused it to snap at the knees and fall onto the city.

    We now move onto the Statue of Zeus, which was located in the city of Olympia in Greece.
    This giant statue was made out of wood but then covered in gold and precious metals.
    Zeus was the highest of the gods, so it was only fitting to build this statue in their largest temple
    to him. Eventually the Roman emperors that took over control of the temple forbid worship of
    "pagan gods", so the temple was abandoned and the statue crumbled. Earthquakes and fires
    helped to expedite the process.

    Our last Greek site is the Temple of Artemis, located in an area called Ephesus, which now
    falls into the geography of modern-day Turkey. This temple was built to worship the goddess of
    the hunt Artemis and there is a theory that the Greek Amazons had a major role in building the
    temple to their patron Goddess. This temple was destroyed and rebuilt many times, by floods,
    fires, and earthquakes. It was rediscovered and excavated in the mid 1800s. The site is
    commemorated now by a single column that’s been built by discovered pieces from the
    wreckage.

    The next wonder is also in Turkey, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus.

    This wonder stems from the ruler named Mausolus who wanted to build a city beautiful
    and intricate, so he transformed the city of Halicarnassus into a sight to behold.He died
    relatively young, though he had planned for this with an elaborate tomb and surrounding
    architecture. This tomb looked down over the city and included a stairway flanked by statues. At
    the time, it looked much more like a temple than a tomb. Tombs like this today, usually large
    rooms that hold the coffin, are called mausoleums after him. It was destroyed when Catholic
    knights took over the city and built Bodrum castle, using the mausoleum’s bricks to fortify it.
    Following this, the rest of the treasures and even the body of Mausolus and his wife went
    missing.

    Our last Wonder is the only Wonder that there is no physical evidence of, it may not have
    even existed at all.

    The Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

    The ancient city of Babylon existed in what is now called Iraq and it’s said to have
    featured a garden, with tiers upon tiers of hanging flowers that poured down into it. What we’re
    seeing on the screen is either what they believed this garden looked like or gardens that have
    been inspired by it. The leading theory of who created these gardens fall to Nebuchadnezzar
    the second, who likely built them for his wife. There is an opposing theory that these gardens
    never existed in Babylon but instead were built by an Assyrian king in the city of Nineveh. There
    are many references in ancient texts that discuss this Assyrian garden that line up with what we
    imagine.

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