世界八大奇迹简介.doc

1.The Statue of Zeus at Olympia was made by the Greek sculptor Phidias, about 432 BC on the site where it was erected in the Temple of Zeus.The Zeus was a chryselephantine sculpture(克里斯里凡亭雕), made of ivory and gold-plated bronze.
2. The gardens were attributed to the Neo-Babylonian(新巴比伦王国)king Nebuchadnezzar II(尼布甲尼撒二世), who ruled between 605 and 562 BC .He is reported to have constructed the gardens to please his homesick wife, Amytis of Media(米提亚，亚洲古国), who longed for the plants of her homeland.The gardens were said to have been destroyed by several earthquakes after the 2century BC.
3. The Temple of Artemis（土耳其）阿耳忒弥斯（月亮女神）神庙, also known less precisely as the Temple of Diana, was a Greek temple dedicated to a goddess Greeks identified as Artemis.It was completely rebuilt three times before its eventual destruction in 401. Only foundations and sculptural fragments of the latest of the temples at the site remain.
4. The Great Wall, China Over 6,400kms long, construction started as early as the 5th century BC and continued until the 1600's when the Qing dynasty took control of China.original segments made of rammed earth and wood, but later sections constructed from brick and cut rock. Later segments also exhibit the familiar watchtowers and barracks that were used to store weapons and house soldiers.
5.The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus or Tomb of Mausolus was a tomb built between 353 and 350 BC at Halicarnassus (present Bodrum, Turkey) for Mausolus, a satrap in the Persian Empire, and Artemisia II of Caria, his wife and sister. The structure was designed by the Greek architects Satyros and Pythius of Priene.The Mausoleum stood approximately 45 m (148 ft) in height.The word mausoleum has now come to be used generically for any grand tomb.
6.The Colossus of Rhodes was a statue of the Greek Titan Helios, erected in the city of Rhodes on the Greek island of Rhodes between 292 and 280 BC. It was constructed to celebrate Rhodes' victory over the ruler of Cyprus, who failed to besiege Rhodes in 305 BC. Before its destruction, the Colossus of Rhodes stood over 30 meters (107 ft) high, making it one of the tallest statues of the ancient world.
7.The Lighthouse of Alexandria, also known as the Pharos of Alexandria , was a tower built between 280 and 247 BC on the island of Pharos at Alexandria, Egypt. Its purpose was to guide sailors into the harbour at night timeWith a height variously estimated at somewhere in-between 393 and 450 ft (120 and 140 m), it was for many centuries among the tallest man -made structures on Earth.
8. The Great Pyramid of Giza (called the Pyramid of Khufu and the Pyramid of Cheops) is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis , Egypt, Egyptologists believe that the pyramid was built as a tomb for fourth dynasty Egyptian Pharaoh Khufu (Cheops in Greek) over an approximately 20 year period concluding around 2560 BC. Initially at 146.5 metres (480.6 ft), 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.