[Mind] The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
The Colossus of Rhodes - Learn more about the amazing statue
featured in Shadow of Colossus here
The Great Pyramid of Giza - Find out about the Wonder featured in
Book 2 of the Seven Wonders Series, City of the Dead, here
The Lighthouse of Alexandria - Learn more about the Lighthouse
featured in Book 3, still a Work-in-Progress, here
The Statue of Zeus on Mount Olympia
In about 450 B.C., the city of Olympia -- where the first Olympic
Games were held in 776 B.C. -- built a temple to honor the god
Zeus. A lavish 40-foot statue of Zeus was commissioned for inside.
Athenian sculptor Phidias created an ivory Zeus seated on a
throne, draped in a gold robe. Zeus had a wreath of olive branches
around his head and held a figure of his messenger Nike in his
right hand, and a scepter in his left.
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
These gardens are said to have been laid out on a brick terrace by
King Nebuchadnezzar II for one of his wives, who was longing for
her home in Persia. According to the writings of a Babylonian
priest, they were approximately 400 feet square and 75 feet above
the ground. His account says slaves working in shifts turned
screws to lift water from the nearby Euphrates River to irrigate
the trees, shrubs and flowers.
The Tomb of King Mausollus
This enormous white marble tomb was built to hold the remains of
Mausolus (Mausollos), a provincial king in the Persian Empire, and
his wife, Artemisia . Greek architects Satyrus and Pythius
designed the approximately 135-foot-high tomb, and four famous
Grecian sculptors added an ornamental frieze (decorated band)
around its exterior. On the top of the tomb, there stood a
four-horse chariot. Word of the grandeur of the finished structure
spread though the ancient world, and the word "mausoleum" came to
represent any large tomb.
The Temple of Artemis
The great Ionian city of Ephesus was chosen as the site for one of
the largest and most complex temples built in ancient times. The
Temple of Artemis (Diana) had a marble sanctuary and a
tile-covered wooden roof. The original temple burned in 356 B.C.
and was rebuilt on the same foundation. Fire devastated the second
temple in 262 A.D., but its foundation and some debris have
survived. Only one column still stands.
http://www.tlhigley.com/pages/SevenWonders.php
--
※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc)
◆ From: 118.166.3.83
※ 編輯: hisunshine 來自: 118.166.3.225 (04/23 10:38)