7 Wonders of the world

1. Wonders of the World
PRESENTATION BY
J. HARI KRISHNAN

2. Ancient Wonders

3. Ancient Wonders
The Seven Wonders
•The Great Pyramid at Giza, Egypt.
•The Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
•The Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Greece.
•The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus.
•The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus.
•The Colossus of Rhodes.
•The Lighthouse at Alexandria, Egypt.

4. The Great Pyramid at Giza, Egypt
 The Great Pyramid of Giza is
the oldest and largest of the
three pyramids in the Giza
pyramid complex bordering
what is now El Giza, Egypt.
 It is the oldest of the Seven
Wonders of the Ancient
World, and the only one to
remain largely intact.
Constructed 2560–2580 BC (4th dynasty)

5. Height
146.5 metres (481 ft), ancient
138.8 metres (455 ft),
contemporary
Base 230.4 metres (756 ft)
Volume 2,583,283 cubic metres

6. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
 The Hanging Gardens of
Babylon, one of the Seven
Wonders of the Ancient
World, is the only one whose
location has not been
definitively established.
 The Hanging Gardens were a
distinctive feature of ancient
Babylon.
 probably made in the 19th
century.
 Built By – Nebuchadnezzar
For his wife

7. The Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Greece
 The Statue of Zeus at Olympia was
a giant seated figure, about 13 m
tall, made by the Greek sculptor
Phidias around 435 BC at the
sanctuary of Olympia, Greece, and
erected in the Temple of Zeus

8. The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
 The Temple of Artemis
or Artemission, also
known less precisely as
the Temple of Diana,
was a Greek temple
dedicated to the
goddess Artemis.
 It is located in Ephesus.
 7th Century BC

9. The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
 The Mausoleum at
Halicarnassus or Tomb
of Mausolus was a tomb
built between 353 and
350 BC at Halicarnassus
for Mausolus, a satrap in
the Persian Empire,
Artemisia II of Caria.

10. The Colossus of Rhodes
 The Colossus of Rhodes was a
statue of the Greek titan-god
of the sun Helios, erected in
the city of Rhodes, on the
Greek island of the same name,
by Chares of Lindos in 280 BC

11. The Lighthouse at Alexandria, Egypt
 The Lighthouse of Alexandria, sometimes
called the Pharos of Alexandria, was a
lighthouse built by the Ptolemaic
Kingdom between 280 and 247 BC
which was between 393 and 450ft tall

12. Modern Wonders / World Wonders

13. Modern Wonders / World Wonders
 Christ Redeemer: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
 Great Wall of China: China.
 Machu Picchu: Peru.
 Petra: Jordan.
 Pyramid at Chichén Itzá: Yucatan Peninsula,
Mexico.
 Roman Colosseum: Rome, Italy.
 Taj Mahal: Agra, India.

14. Christ Redeemer: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
 Christ the Redeemer is an Art Deco
statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, created by Polish-
French sculptor Paul and built by the
Brazilian engineer Heritor da Silva
Costa, in collaboration with the
French engineer Albert Caquot.
 Material – Soapstone
 Height – 30metres (98 ft.)
 Completed – Oct. 12 1931
 Consecrated – Oct. 12 2006

16. Great Wall of China: China.
 The Great Wall of China is a series of
fortifications made of stone, brick,
tamped earth, wood, and other
materials
 Total – 8,850km
 Designated – 1987

17. Machu Picchu: Peru.
 Machu Picchu is an Incan citadel
set high in the Andes
Mountains in Peru, above the
Urubamba River valley. Built in
the 15th century and later
abandoned, it’s renowned for its
sophisticated dry-stone walls that
fuse huge blocks without the use
of mortar, intriguing buildings
that play on astronomical
alignments, and panoramic views.
 Its exact former use remains a
mystery.

18. Petra: Jordan.
 Petra is a famous archaeological
site in Jordan's southwestern
desert. Dating to around 300 B.C.,
it was the capital of the Nabatean
Kingdom.
 Accessed via a narrow canyon
called Al Siq, it contains tombs and
temples carved into pink sandstone
cliffs, earning its nickname, the
"Rose City." Perhaps its most
famous structure is Al Khazneh, a
temple with an ornate, Greek-style
facade.

19. Pyramid at Chichén Itzá: Yucatan
Peninsula, Mexico.
 Chichén Itzá is a world-famous complex of
Mayan ruins on Mexico's Yucatán
Peninsula. A massive step pyramid known
as El Castillo dominates the 6.5-sq.-km.
ancient city, which thrived from around
600 A.D. to the 1200s. Graphic stone
carvings survive at structures like the ball
court, Temple of the Warriors and the Wall
of the Skulls.
 Nightly sound-and-light shows illuminate
the buildings' sophisticated geometry.

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22. Roman Colosseum: Rome, Italy
 The Colosseum or Coliseum,
also known as the Flavian
Amphitheatre, is an oval
amphitheatre in the centre
of the city of Rome, Italy.
Built of concrete and sand,
it is the largest
amphitheatre ever built
 70-80 AD

23. Taj Mahal: Agra, India.
 The Taj Mahal is an ivory-white
marble mausoleum on the
south bank of the Yamuna
river in the Indian city of Agra.
 It was commissioned in 1632
by the Mughal emperor, Shah
Jahan, to house the tomb of
his favorite wife, Mumtaz
Mahal.

24. Indian Wonders

25. Image Wonder Location Date Description
Meenakshi Amman
Temple
Tiru-aalavaai /
Meenakshi Amman
Kovil
Madurai, Tamil Nadu
Before 7th century
AD
Temple devoted to
Parvati / minakshi
and Shiva
(Sundareswarar)
Reservoir at
Dholavira
Kutch District, Gujarat 2nd millennium BC
Ancient stepped
stone reservoir
Red Fort
Lal Quila
Delhi 1648
Red sandstone palace
of the Mughal
emperors
Jaisalmer Fort
Sonar Quila
Jaisalmer, Rajasthan AD 1156 Large sandstone fort

26. Image Wonder Location Date Description
Konark Sun Temple
Black Pagoda
Konark, Odisha Mid-13th century AD
Kalinga architecture
temple of the sun god
Surya
Nalanda Near Patna, Bihar 5th century AD
Ancient centre of
higher learning
One of the Khajuraho
Group of Monuments
Kharjuravāhaka
Chhatarpur District,
Madhya Pradesh
Earliest parts c. 9th
century AD
Complex of medieval
Hindu and Jain
temples

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