1. Religion: Featured
Artworks
The 7 wonders of the
ancient world
Session 10

2. 7 wonders of the ancient
world

3. Function:
Commemorate the dead
• THE GREAT PYRAMID AT
GIZA
• Oldest of the 7 Wonders
• (c. 2560 BCE)
• Only Wonder left standing
today!
• Was the tallest man-made
structure until 19th century!
• Pharaoh Khufu

4. Function:
Commemorate the dead
• TOMB OF MAUSOLUS
• Persian King of Caria
• Constructed 353-350 BCE.
• Cultural Collage
• Egyptian Style
• Greek Style
• Persian Style
• Destroyed 1494 (stones
used to construct a castle).
• “Mausoleum”

5. Function:
Place of Worship
• TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS
• Constructed c. 550 BCE
• Greek Goddess of Fertility
• Destroyed by Herostratus
July 20, 356 BCE
• Alexander the Great?
• Reconstructed 323 BCE
• Destroyed c. 262 (by
Goths)

6. Function:
Place of Worship
• STATUE OF ZEUS
• In his honor (at Olympia)
• Constructed c. 430-422
BCE by Phidias
• Ivory! 13 meters tall
• Emperor Caligula
• Later destroyed or
plundered (uncertain).

7. What Religious function?
• If you were to create a
monument of some
sort, what would it’s
religious function be?
• Work together as a team to
design an epic monument
that should be listed as one
of the Wonders of the
World!
• Will yours be destroyed?
How it be protected?