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Game Description For puzzle lovers and history buffs In 7 Wonders of the World, you will have the pleasure of sovling puzzles, learning some history, and exploring the 7 Wonders of the World! More Reviews. Screenshots Click Screenshot to Enlarge. While these constructions are stunning achievements of ancient engineerning, they don't include marvels from many of the ancient civilizations of Africa, Europe, and Asia, and the Americas, which were unknown to the Hellenic peoples.
Although these Seven Wonders are still celebrated today, they show the fleeting nature of even the grandest physical achievements—nature, human behavior, and the passage of time have destroyed all but one.
Erected around B. It is the largest of the three Pyramids at Giza. The proportions of the Pyramid are colossal—even for the modern era. The original height from the base to the peak was around meters feet —though time has worn away the height to around meters feet. The length of each side at the base averages around meters feet.
Over its year construction period, around 2. Hanging Gardens of Babylon Despite being named one of the Seven Ancient Wonders, there is not much firsthand evidence that the gardens actually existed. Those who claimed to have witnessed the gardens, including Greek historians Strabo and Diodorus Siculus, described them as marvels of agricultural engineering. An amazing array of blooming flowers, luscious fruit, exotic foliage , and impressive waterfalls were said to have filled them.
The hanging gardens were believed to have been built around B. Statue of Zeus It took the most renowned sculptor of the ancient era, Phidias, to create a statue worthy of celebrating the fabled god Zeus. Housed in the Temple of Zeus at Olympia in western Greece, the statue showed Zeus seated on a throne crusted in gold, precious gems, ivory, and ebony. Zeus held a statue of Nike, the goddess of victory, in his right hand. A scepter topped with an eagle was held in his left hand.
Many of those who gazed upon the meter foot statue commented that the proportions of Zeus inside the temple were off. Regardless, the statue was revered by most as a stunning earthly representation of the great god that filled passersby with awe—until it was destroyed in an earthquake in the fifth century B.
But when I saw the temple at Ephesus rising to the clouds, all these other wonders were put in the shade.
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